A shooter fired a semi-automatic handgun into the “wrong” house in Mastic Beach after a dispute. Fortunately, no one was injured.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Jerry McKoy, 58, of Patchogue, was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty at trial of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, and other related charges, for shooting into a Mastic Beach residence in April 2024.
“Since taking office, I made it clear that individuals who commit violent crime in Suffolk County will face serious consequences, and today’s sentence is another step in keeping that commitment,” said Tierney. “This defendant recklessly fired into the home of an innocent couple, endangering lives, and threatening the safety of our community. Such acts erode the sense of security that our residents deserve, and they will not be tolerated.”
The evidence at trial established that McKoy got into a dispute with a woman over money inside his car on Hickory Road in Mastic Beach. After the woman exited McKoy’s vehicle, he began searching for the woman on the property of a house that McKoy believed the woman entered. McKoy knocked on the door but when nobody answered, he went back into his vehicle, took out a loaded semi-automatic handgun and fired two shots into the home.
The house that McKoy shot into was not the woman’s residence but was instead occupied by a 78-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife who were not injured in the shooting. Police recovered a 9MM caliber projectile in the couple’s living room.
Over the course of several months after the shooting, law enforcement used several advanced investigative tactics to identify McKoy as the shooter which led to his arrest on July 29, 2024.
Prior to this incident, McKoy was convicted of Assault in the Second Degree, a Class D violent felony, in 2021, and was convicted of Burglary in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony, in 2000.