Man Charged With Killing 69 Year Old Woman with Machine Gun Asks for 30 Years on May 5

Man Charged With Killing 69 Year Old Woman with Machine Gun Asks for 30 Years on May 5 by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 28 – After a woman with a walker was killed in East Harlem, on September 4 Federal prosecutors announced, along with NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, "the unsealing of a Complaint charging FAISIL McCANTS in connection with an August 27, 2025, armed robbery and shooting in which McCANTS fired 15 rounds from a machine gun on a public street, striking and killing a 69-year-old woman."    On September 5 McCants, still in jeans, was presented before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Chief Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the SDNY Mag Court.    McCants had three supporters in the gallery; the victim, it seemed, was not represented. With two Federal Defenders, McCants consented to detention, without prejudice to a later bail application.   On September 17 Inner City Press was in the SDNY Magistrates court when the co-defendant was brought in by Marshals, in shorts and a white T-shirt. His retained counsel consented to detention - then put on the record that despite him being a member of the SDNY for four decades [including in the recent US v. Sean Combs case] he had been asked to give up his umbrella upon entering, unlike the prosecutors. On January 29, 2026 Cordero pled guilty to the lesser included charge of Count 2. Faisal McCants pled guilty, and on April 28 his Federal Defender asked for no more than 30 years on May 5. More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here  The case is US v. McCants, 1:25-cr-417 (Rakoff) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com