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Guzman shot his wife inside their home on 59th Street near Laurel Hill Boulevard.
By Forum Staff
A retired New York City Corrections Officer, Victor Guzman, 55, of Woodside, has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife inside their Woodside home in March of 2017.
District Attorney Brown said, “The defendant’s actions in this case are reprehensible. He committed to love and protect his wife, but instead made her a victim of domestic violence.”
Guzman plead guilty earlier this month to first-degree assault before Queens Supreme Court Justice Deborah Modica, who imposed a determinate sentence of nine years in prison to be followed by five years post release supervision.
In pleading guilty, Guzman admitted that he fired one round striking his wife, Maria Guzman, 52, in the chest. Fragments from the bullet penetrated her spleen, stomach and adrenal glands. Mrs. Guzman was transported to a local Queens hospital where she was treated for her injuries and luckily was able to survive the gunshot wound.
