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Long Island resident Noah Green, age 20, of Shirley, was sentenced to 12 years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to attempted murder and related charges.
Prosecutors said Green was riding in a stolen SUV with another individual when they spotted three rival gang members walking along Saint George Drive West in Shirley at around 2:20 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2022.
Green fired multiple shots, striking two 17-year-olds in the chest, prosecutors said. The victims were taken to the hospital and survived.
The shooting happened right outside the home of Republican former congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin. At the time, Zeldin’s daughters were inside doing their homework.
Following the shooting, Green bragged about injuring rival gang members on social media, where he regularly posted photos and videos of himself with weapons and stolen vehicles, prosecutors said.
Weeks went by before police spotted Green outside his Shirley residence on Oct. 31, 2022. He immediately took off running, jumping onto and damaging a police vehicle in the process.
He was eventually arrested, during which officers found a loaded 9mm pistol with a high-capacity magazine.
Investigators later determined the weapon was the same one used in the shooting outside Zeldin’s home. A search of the stolen SUV turned up shell casings from the incident lodged between the windshield and the hood.
On Thursday, Sept. 12, Green pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and conspiracy.
"This was a horrific act of gang-related violence that put innocent lives at risk. The defendant’s decision to open fire on a residential neighborhood, with two young girls inside the home he shot towards, demonstrates a complete disregard for human life,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney.
Greene was one of 18 defendants indicted in December 2022 following a long-term investigation into violence committed by the street gang, “No Fake Love.”
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