Bronx Local News: Bronx Man Gets 22 Years for Fatal Shooting and Slashing Correction Officers in Jail
Gunned Down Rival, Slashed Guards on Rikers - Sentenced to 22 Years Bronx Voice November 14, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A Bronx man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after a brutal killing on the streets of the Bronx and a violent attack on correction officers while he was locked up awaiting trial. Anthony Taveras-Morales, 24, was sentenced to 20 years for the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Jaguar Housey, and an additional two years for slashing two NYC Department of Correction officers while on Rikers Island. The sentences will be served consecutively, meaning Taveras-Morales will spend the next two decades behind bars. According to Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, the shooting was the result of a feud between Taveras-Morales and Housey that had been simmering for days. The two had a physical altercation on September 14, 2020, which Taveras-Morales posted on social media, further escalating the tension. Two days later, on September 16, Housey...
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