| Shooting
of Baby in The
Bronx Resulted
in 3
Detentions Now
Trial Set for
9 February
2026
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 21 –
Two men were
presented and
detained in
Manhattan
Federal court
on August 9,
2023 for a
shooting of an
11-month-old
baby in
January 2022.
The baby was
in the
courtroom -
and so was
Inner City
Press. Thread:
OK
- now
presentment of
AHMED ALTOREI
& SAMUEL
BAUTISTA after
a street
shooting on
Jan 19, 2022,
targeting a
rival drug
dealer but
shot an
11-month-old
baby in the
face.
Courtroom
filling.
Deputy:
Mr Lazzaro,
are you
consenting?
[To detention]
A:
Yes. [This
could be a
short one]
In
the gallery, a
couple with a
baby...
All rise!
Lance
Lazzaro, for
Ahmed Altorei
(he i$
retained)
Federal
Defender for
Samuel
Bautista, with
financial
affidavit.
Judge:
Cocaine base
aka crack
sales, using
guns,
brandished and
discharged.
Bautista is a
felon, with
.380
ammo
Judge:
Both consent
to detention
without
prejudice.
Medical order
as to Mr
Bautista.
AUSA: Next is
Sept 8 at 11
am in the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York.
Afterward,
the couple and
the now older
than a year
baby went out
together down
the hall.
On
September 8,
the two were
back in court,
before SDNY
Chief Judge
Laura Taylor
Swain. Inner
City Press was
there. Beyond
setting the
next
conference for
Novemver 15 at
11:30 am,
Bautista asked
to be released
on bond.
The
AUSA responded
with a
narrative of
the background
to the
shooting: a
feud with
Tyrone Handley
a/k/a Smokey,
in and around
2860 Grand
Concourse and
198th Street
in The Bronx.
The baby's
parents spoke,
and urged that
detention be
continued. As
docketed on
September 12,
it was.
On
October 5,
docketed
October 6, a
superseding
indictment,
with Altorei,
Bautista and
Ronald Coradin
a/k/a
Scrappy...
On
February 16,
2024 there was
a hearing;
Inner City
Press went,
the only media
there.
AUSA:We
will complete
discovery in a
month, and
return to
court May 14.
It
was November
13 when Inner
City Press was
back in the
courtroom on
the case, the
three
defendants -
one with a
foot issue -
in the jury
box, from the
thread:
One
of the three
detained
defendant
needs to be
seen by
outside
doctor; AUSA
says OK but
date will not
be given.
Three
week trial in
3 to 6 months.
On
April 21, 2025
it got more
specific: "as
to Ahmed
Altorei,
Ronald Coradin
the trial in
this case is
hereby
scheduled to
begin with
jury selection
on February 9,
2026, at 9:30
AM. The final
pretrial
conference is
adjourned to
January 30,
2026, at 11:00
AM in
Courtroom 17C.
The Government
is directed to
confer with
the parties,
and by April
28, 2025, to
file a joint
letter
proposing a
date for the
next
conference"
Inner
City Press
will stay on
the
case(s).
The
case is US v.
Altorei, et
al., 23-cr-407
(Swain)
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