MEDIA COURTHOUSE — A former Yeadon man initially charged with attempted homicide for a 2022 shooting in East Lansdowne was sentenced to time served to 23 months after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and firearms not be carried without a license.
Tristan A. Long, 26, who now lives in Berks County, was also given three years of consecutive probation under the negotiated guilty plea presented to Common Pleas Court Judge George Pagano by Assistant District Attorney Kaylyn Wigginton and defense attorney Illon Fish.
Long was captured on video surveillance firing at least once at a gray Dodge Charger and striking the driver’s side door as it traveled northbound on Melrose Avenue toward Pembroke Avenue on June 21, 2022, according to an affidavit of probable cause for his arrest written by East Lansdowne Officer Kevin Myers.
Police were dispatched to the area of Baltimore Avenue and Melrose Avenue about 11:50 a.m. for a report of shots fired, where Myers found a live 9 mm round and a 9 mm shell casing on Melrose next to the Lansdowne Deli.
Upper Darby Township police meanwhile located the Dodge and spoke with the driver, who was detained while police searched him and the car for a firearm. No injuries were reported, but Detective Sgt. James B. Cadden found an expended slug and placed it into evidence.
Cadden also reviewed video surveillance from a nearby business that showed a man with long dreadlocks in a white shirt and black pants firing at least one shot in the direction of the Charger northbound on Melrose.
The shooter then manipulated the slide of the firearm and raised his arm again, pointing the gun at the car, but it was unclear from the video whether he let off another shot. The shooter then ran out of the frame northbound.
The driver identified the shooter as a man he knew as “Trizz” and police were able to match an image of that person on an Instagram account to Long. The driver additionally identified Long from a photo array.
East Lansdowne Police Chief John J. Zimath said Long arrived at the police station with an attorney on July 25, 2022, but gave no statement at that time.
Fish said his client had cooperated fully with police upon learning of the charges and has significant family support.
Long has found a job since his release on nominal bail April 17 and was accepting responsibility without putting the victim through what would have been a somewhat contested trial, Fish said.
Long was ordered to complete anger management classes and provide a DNA sample to state police. Wigginton did not object to transferring supervision to Berks County.
Long’s address in Berks was not available. The court available paperwork still lists him with a Yeadon address.
Source: Berkshire mont
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