Joseph Morros was sentenced to 25 years to life for the second-degree murder of Tykeem Berry outside an Inwood bodega.

A sentence after a jury murder conviction is the judgment of the court. It is not a new trial on guilt. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said Morros was sentenced Oct. 2, 2026, to 25 years to life for fatally shooting Berry outside an Inwood bodega on Dec. 15, 2022. The July 28, 2026, verdict already established guilt on second-degree murder and two second-degree weapon counts. Own the distinction: conviction first, then this custodial term.

District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced Oct. 2, 2026, that Joseph Morros, 31, received 25 years to life in state prison. On July 28, 2026, a New York State Supreme Court jury had convicted him of one count of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree.

According to the District Attorney's trial summary, on Dec. 15, 2022, at about 4:00 p.m., Berry entered a bodega at Thayer Street and Nagle Avenue with his 10-year-old daughter. Morros entered, argued with Berry, produced a gun, left yelling for Berry to come outside, then ran back in pointing the gun. As Berry pushed him outside, Morros fired and struck Berry. Berry was pronounced dead at a hospital. Morros fled and was arrested Dec. 19, 2022. Those facts are the office's proven-at-trial account behind the sentence.

The office credited the NYPD investigation and named trial prosecutors Christine Keenan and Ashley Maldonado De La Fuente. A 25-years-to-life term after a murder verdict is the sentence. It does not retry the July conviction.