Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged Bloods gang member was arraigned yesterday on murder and weapon charges for the shooting death of a young man in Elmont in 2021.
Christopher Semoy, 22, currently incarcerated in Marcy Correctional Center, was arraigned Wednesday before Judge Robert Bogle on charges of Murder in the Second Degree (an A-I felony) and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a C violent felony). The defendant pleaded not guilty and was remanded. He is due back in court on June 14, 2024. If convicted, the defendant faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
“This defendant allegedly used extreme violence to settle a score with 20-year-old Khasiem Woton in 2021. Semoy allegedly shot the young man in the stomach, chased after him, and fired once more to ensure he had inflicted as much damage as possible,” said DA Donnelly. “My homicide prosecutors are determined to find and hold accountable anyone who takes a life in our communities. They will not stop until there is justice for victims.”
DA Donnelly said that, according to the charges, on September 24, 2021, at 1500 DePaul Street in Elmont, the defendant, Christopher Semoy, and his friends went to the St. Vincent DePaul parking lot to meet victim Khasiem Woton and others to fight.
After a dispute, Semoy allegedly fired one shot and hit Woton in the stomach.
Woton ran back to his vehicle and attempted to leave the parking lot when Semoy allegedly fired another shot into the vehicle, striking Woton in the face.
The victim’s friends drove him to Franklin Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The defendant was arrested on May 15, 2024, by members of the Nassau County Police Department.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Stefanie Palma of the Homicide Bureau. Semoy is represented by Scott Gross, Esq.
The charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.