(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Nashawn J. Legros, 26, of Wyandanch, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty in February to Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, for shooting a man in the chest in the parking lot of Jake’s 58 in May 2024.
“This brazen act of violence has no place in Suffolk County,” said District Attorney Tierney. “My office is committed to holding violent offenders accountable. That message should be clear from this sentence as the defendant will now spend a decade in prison for this violent attack in a public place.”
According to court documents and the defendant’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, on May 31, 2024, at approximately 10:16 p.m., the victim was walking in the parking lot on his way into Jake’s 58 Casino when Legros fired two shots directly at him, striking him two times. The victim was able to get up, and with assistance, made it inside the casino before collapsing. Immediately after firing at the victim, Legros fled the scene in a vehicle which he later abandoned in Central Islip.
The victim suffered two gunshot wounds. One bullet entered his chest and travelled through his body cavity, striking multiple organs including his intestines, colon, and diaphragm. Surgeons used over 40 staples to repair the damage. Subsequent procedures were performed to remove fluid around his heart and lungs. One bullet remains lodged in his pelvic bone.
On February 25, 2026, Legros pleaded guilty before Supreme Court Justice Richard Ambro to Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, a Class B violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony.
On June 8, 2026, Legros was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision. He was represented by Chris Gioe, Esq.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Melissa Turk of the Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau. The investigation was conducted by members of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Fourth Squad and Detective Investigators assigned to the District Attorney’s Office.
