Overview
- Issaiah Smith received consecutive prison terms totaling at least 22 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm.
- The sentence includes 18 to 20 years for manslaughter and four years for the firearm offense, ordered to run one after the other.
- Police said Smith admitted the shooting to officers at the scene and directed them to the gun on a kitchen counter inside the home.
- Prosecutors said he shot 28-year-old Jose Feliz multiple times in a backyard on Garfield Avenue in November 2024, and responders pronounced Feliz dead at the scene.
- Relatives called the men lifelong friends and said the plea falls short of full accountability, and the district attorney said their statements strengthen efforts to curb violence.