On Thursday, Bushawn Shelton, a former gang leader with the Bloods criminal organization, was sentenced to 37 years in prison United States District Judge Hector Gonzalez for his role in a botched murder-for-hire attempt and a fatal shooting during the Summer of 2018. According to court documents, Shelton was hired by his co-defendant, Anthony Zottola, and paid $200,000 to kill his older brother, Salvatore, and his father, Anthony Zottola Sr. The latter was an alleged mafia boss with a real estate corporation worth $45 million. After several failed attempts on Anthony Zottola Sr.'s life, Bushawn's hitmen shot him dead at an NYC McDonald's drive-thru in 2018. The lone survivor, Salvatore, testified in court against the co-defendants during an emotional trial.
Following the announcement of his sentence at a federal courthouse in Brookyln, New York, a regretful Bushawn Shelton turned to Salvatore and the victim's family members with tears in his eyes before apologizing for his role in the murder of Zottola Sr. According to reports, he has already been brutally attacked twice at the Metropolitan Detention Center where he remains behind bars.
Source: STL News
