One of Junior Guzman-Feliz’s killers has reportedly hospitalized a Rikers guard during a violent attack just days after he and four other Trinitarios gang members were found guilty of brutally hacking the 15-year-old to death outside a Bronx bodega.
Jose Muniz, held at Rikers awaiting transfer to a state prison, is accused of attacking the correctional officer leaving him with a dislocated shoulder Tuesday night, The New York Post reports.
A jury found defendants Jonaiki Martinez Estrella, 24; Manuel Rivera, 18; Elvin Garcia, 23; Jose Muniz, 22, and Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez Santiago, 24, guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, gang assault and conspiracy for the slaying of Lesandro 'Junior' Guzman-Feliz, 15.
The five Trinitarios gang members were among more than a dozen suspects who were arrested after the brutal, fatal attack outside a convenience store in The Bronx on June 20, 2018, which was caught on video.
Following the alleged attack on a guard Tuesday the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association said: 'These attacks are deplorable and we take assaults on our officers very seriously. We are pursuing the re-arrest of those responsible.'
The mother of Guzman-Feliz’s thanked Jesus after a jury convicted the five men of first-degree murder Friday.
Five men on Friday were found guilty of hacking to death Lesandro ‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz, 15, right, outside of a Bronx bodega last year including Jose Muniz, left
Muniz is accused of dislocating a Rikers Island guard's shoulder on Tuesday
Also convicted was Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez Santiago, pictured right
'I want to say thank you, Jesus,' Junior's mother, Leandra Feliz, said to the media after the verdict was handed down Friday afternoon.
'I’m not going to have my son back,' Leandra said, according to the New York Post, 'But those killers, those murderers, they won’t be outside killing another kid.'
Junior's father also thanked the jurors for the verdict.
'I'm grateful of the good job the jury did today - it was a just decision,' Lisandro Guzman said, according to ABC 7. 'My son is not coming back, but at least those thugs are not going to be on the street.'
Junior's brother, Manny Ortiz, added that 'It's been a terrible year especially for my mom and now I see a smile on her face. It is a happy ending.'
During the six week trial, Leandra was said to have been so distraught that she was eventually barred from listening to testimony in the courtroom. Instead, she had to watch the proceedings on a video feed in a room nearby.
Leandra denied a defense lawyer's attempts to paint Junior as a gangster who died in some form of gang retribution. Officials had previously also denied this claim.
'My son was a good kid,' Leandra said to press. 'He was only 15 years old … he had never
