NYC gangbanger pleads guilty to killing accomplice during botched attack on rivals in Queens
A blundering gangbanger pleaded guilty in the bizarre shooting death of his accomplice during a botched attack in 2020 on a group of rivals as they sat in a car on a Queens street.
Nazieer Basir, 22, a Jamaica resident, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Queens Criminal Court Judge Michael Yavinsky indicated that he would sentence Basir to 17 years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision.
Basir joined Royhessny Sintjago and two other accomplices in an effort to attack a group of opposing gangsters when they approached a car in Ozone Park around 10 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2020, said police.
When the vehicle sped away, the group briefly chased it on foot.
Basir fired his gun at the car. Both of his shots missed his target, prosecutors said.
But one of the bullets struck Sintjago in the head as he pursued the car with a tire jack in his hand.
Sintjago was wounded in the face during the shooting, which went down at the intersection of Liberty Ave. and 90th St., near an auto body shop,
Medics took the Sintjago to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Basir fled the scene. Police arrested him three weeks later, on Dec. 28.
“This case is as appalling as it is completely senseless,” said Queens DA Melinda Katz.. “In pleading guilty, the defendant took responsibility for killing an accomplice during a botched attack meant for a group of rivals. The gun violence in our communities has to stop.”
