A Honduran national was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting an acquaintance.
On March 15, just before midnight, Jeremias Anaribamoran and Gustavo Godinez-Carcamo got into a verbal dispute while sitting in the back seat of a vehicle parked in front of the victim’s Central Islip home. The pair, along with two others, had been socializing most of the day while consuming alcohol. The confrontation escalated to deadly violence after Anaribamoran pulled out a 9mm pistol and shot Godinez-Carcamo three times. Godinez-Carcamo then fled to his home on foot, which was less than half a mile away.
When Suffolk County Police officers responding to the scene arrived, they attempted to render lifesaving measures on Godinez-Carcamo, who quickly lost consciousness. Central Islip Volunteer Ambulance Company EMS personnel also attempted to render aid and transported Godinez-Carcamo, 40, to South Shore Hospital, but he was ultimately pronounced dead. An autopsy would later reveal that Godinez-Carcamo suffered multiple perforating gunshot wounds to his torso and right arm.
On March 18, Suffolk Police Homicide Squad detectives arrested Anaribamoran during the early morning after surveilling his home for hours.
On September 4, Anaribamoran pleaded guilty Murder in the Second Degree, a Class A felony before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis.
On October 23, Wilutis sentenced Anaribamoran, 48, to 25 years to life in prison. The United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has lodged a detainer to take custody and deport Anaribamoran after he serves his sentence.
“This senseless act of violence took Mr. Godinez-Carcamo’s life,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “Today’s sentence will ensure that the defendant will no longer be a threat to public safety.”