NEW YORK (PIX11) – A New York City teenager will spend more than 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a 69-year-old grandma who was resting on her walker on a Manhattan sidewalk, according to officials.
Faisal McCants, 19, has been sentenced to 37.5 years in prison by a U.S. District Judge for possessing a machine gun used in connection with the fatal shooting of 69-year-old Robin Wright, according to court documents.
The defendant had previously pled guilty to using the gun in a daytime armed robbery that ultimately struck and killed the victim.
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In August 2025, McCants and two accomplices robbed a drug dealer near East 109th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. They took a bag containing marijuana and fled. During the escape, McCants drew a firearm equipped with a machine-gun conversion and fired 15 back-to-back shots at the dealer, according to officials…