Defendant Charged with 2014 Murder in New York

Alexander Melendez, also known as ‘Kiki,’ has been charged with the 2014 murder of Shaquille Malcolm in the Bronx, New York.

According to the superseding indictment, Melendez, 23, was a member of a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in the Allerton section of the Bronx in early 2014. On January 2, 2014, as part of this conspiracy, Melendez and others shot Malcolm multiple times in the stairwell of an apartment building located at 2818 Bronx Park East in the Bronx.

Malcolm died at the scene. Melendez is also charged with one count of conspiring to distribute 280 grams and more of crack cocaine, which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.

He is also charged with one count of using, carrying, and possessing firearms during and in relation, and in furtherance of, a drug trafficking crime and aiding and abetting the same, which carries a mandatory consecutive 10 year sentence in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Melendez will be arraigned on the superseding indictment on December 29, 2018, before United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI and NYPD, stating, ‘As alleged, the defendant murdered 20-year-old Shaquille Malcolm in the Bronx in 2014. Now, thanks to the outstanding work of the FBI and NYPD, the defendant has been charged with this terrible crime.’

The charges contained in the indictment are merely accusations, and Melendez is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The case is being handled by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Jessica K. Fender, Michael K. Krouse, and Danielle R. Sassoon are in charge of the prosecution.

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