| Shooting
of Baby in The
Bronx Leads to
Trial But
Testimony
Excluded As
Not Co
Conspirator
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 15 รข€“
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. 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
June 16, 2026
counsel for
Bautista
belated
docketed a
redacted copy
of their
motion to
delay trial
beyond July 13
- denied. On
June 26 the US
opposed
Bautista's
motions in
limine,
including
confirming it
has agreed to
not show any
photographs of
the shot baby
to the jury. On
July 14 Inner
City Press
covered the
trial: Witness
is cooperator
in green shirt
[Hudson County
Correctional
Facility]
AUSA: Did you
go to state
prison when
you were 19? Cooperator:
Yes sir. AUSA:
Before that,
who did you
live with on
Bedford Park
Boulevard?
Cooperator: My
mom, my step
dad and my
brother. AUSA:
After you
dropped out of
school what
did you do?
Cooperator:
Smoke weed.
AUSA: Did you
began hanging
out at 2860
Grand
Concourse?
Cooperator:
Yes.
AUSA: What do
you do on 198?
Cooperator: We
chill. We sell
drugs. We hang
out. Cooperator:
I used to sell
weed back
then, before I
started
selling crack.
AUSA: Who did
you sell with?
Cooperator:
Scrappy,
Bacalao,
Samuel
Bautista [the
defendant]
AUSA: Do you
see any of
them?
Cooperator: I
see Samuel
Bautista, in
suit in tie, a
baldie Adjourned
On
July 15, Judge
Daniels heard
argument on,
then excluded,
statements
from a woman
in 2680 Grand
Concourse to
the
cooperator,
about a 2013
shooting. He
asked the
AUSA, What
conspiracy was
she a part of? The
AUSA said, To
commit acts of
violence to
protect the
group (citing
NYS statutes).
Judge Daniels
said it was
not enough,
and excluded
it. The
trial
continues. Inner
City Press
will stay on
the
case(s).
The case is now USA v. Altorei, et al., 1:23-cr-407 (Daniels)
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Friday, July 17, 2026
Shooting of Baby in The Bronx Leads to Trial But Testimony Excluded As Not Co Conspirator
