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Michael Gilbert was sentenced this week to 25 years to life in prison for the 2021 murder of Tyrell Durham.
Michael Gilbert was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Thursday, November 2, following a jury trial in Riverside that found him guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of Tyrell Durham, 37, of Moriches, two years ago.
Gilbert, who is 29 and lived on Riverside Avenue in Flanders at the time of the murder, fired a .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun at Durham six times following a late-night argument Durham had with Gilbert’s girlfriend, said Suffolk County District Ray Tierney in a statement following the sentencing hearing.
Gilbert fled the scene following the shooting at a Moriches apartment complex, but surrendered to Suffolk County Police Department homicide detectives about a month after the November 26, 2021 shooting.
He was convicted at the Arthur M. Cromarty Criminal Court Complex in Riverside in late September of this year by a jury that found him guilty of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, both of which are felonies.
“What started out as a verbal argument escalated to murder,” Tierney said. “We hope that this lengthy prison sentence provides some measure of justice for Tyrell’s family and friends, all of whom still mourn his tragic loss.”
Staff Writer on Nov 2, 2023