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Mount Vernon man sentenced for 2020 fatal shooting

The Westchester District Attorney's Office says 45-year-old John Bobbitt was sentenced in the murder of 28-year-old Keyshawn Smith, of Mount Vernon.

Lee Danuff

May 19, 2023, 4:59 PM

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A Mount Vernon man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for a fatal shooting.

The Westchester District Attorney's Office says 45-year-old John Bobbitt was sentenced in the murder of 28-year-old Keyshawn Smith, of Mount Vernon.

Bobbitt shot Smith in April 2020 following a dispute on Millington Street in Mount Vernon.

Bobbitt was arrested three months later in Newark, New Jersey.

He was convicted of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.




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