Thomas Disla, Multiple Shootings, New York 2023

Bronx Man Sentenced to 98 Months in Prison for Multiple Shootings

A 44-year-old Bronx man was sentenced to 98 months in prison for his role in a shooting spree that left two people injured and a third narrowly escaped with their life.

According to court records, Thomas Disla (44) was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman to 98 months in prison in connection with a shooting spree he committed on June 3 and 4, 2022.

Over the course of 12 hours, Disla shot an acquaintance in the groin, shot at a stranger who was driving a car, and brandished a firearm in the middle of a crowded bar before striking a patron and shooting the firearm at the ceiling.

The shootings took place in the Bronx, with the first occurring at approximately 3:35 p.m. on June 3, 2022, when Disla approached an acquaintance and fired a gunshot that hit the victim in the groin.

Disla's rampage continued into the early hours of June 4, 2022, when he shot at a construction worker's car and then waved a firearm at patrons of a popular bar, striking one of them in the face with the firearm.

Disla was not permitted to possess ammunition because of his prior New York State conviction for criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree. He has at least 18 prior criminal convictions.

Disla was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, in addition to his prison term.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department.

'Last summer, Thomas Disla committed multiple terrifying shootings in the Bronx. He severely injured two people, one of whom he had never even met. And he could have killed a third,' Williams said. 'As today's sentence demonstrates, our Office is determined to keeping New York City safe by vigorously prosecuting perpetrators of gun violence.'

Disla's case is being handled by the General Crimes Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Sowlati is in charge of the prosecution.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/bronx-man-sentenced-98-months-prison-committing-multiple-shootings