SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – A Patchogue man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison following his conviction for firing a gun into a Mastic Beach home during an early morning incident in April 2024. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced the sentencing of 58-year-old Jerry McKoy on charges including Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and Reckless Endangerment.
According to trial evidence, McKoy had been involved in a dispute with a woman over money on April 11, 2024. The altercation took place inside his vehicle, parked on Hickory Road in Mastic Beach. After the woman left the vehicle, McKoy allegedly searched for her and approached a nearby house he believed she had entered. When no one responded at the door, McKoy retrieved a loaded semi-automatic handgun from his car and fired two rounds into the residence.
The house was occupied by a 78-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife, neither of whom were injured. A 9mm bullet was later recovered from the couple’s living room by Suffolk County Police.
McKoy was not immediately apprehended following the shooting. However, after a months-long investigation utilizing advanced investigative techniques, law enforcement identified him as the shooter and arrested him on July 29, 2024.
McKoy has a prior criminal record, including a 2021 conviction for Assault in the Second Degree and a 2000 conviction for Burglary in the First Degree.
On May 16, 2025, a jury found McKoy guilty of two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, both Class C violent felonies, as well as one count of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, a Class D felony. The case was tried before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei.
