Man sentenced to 20 years to life in Brooklyn stabbing slay of Senegalese immigrant

A Brooklyn antheral was sentenced to 20 years to beingness successful situation for the stabbing decease of a 19-year-old successful 2020, officials said.

Mamadou Barry, 35, could walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for murdering Mamadou Bah, an migrant from Senegal, who made a desperate plea for his parent during his dying breath.

After Barry stabbed the unfortunate connected Ocean Ave. successful Prospect Park South connected Feb. 18, 2020, Bah stumbled into the Gentlemen’s Quarters Salon barbershop connected adjacent Church Ave. and asked barbers and patrons to telephone his mother.

Someone wrong called 911 earlier alerting Bah’s mother, who did not marque it successful clip earlier her lad died astatine Kings County Hospital.

“The beingness of Mamadou Bah was senselessly chopped abbreviated astatine the hands of this defendant, whose horrific actions near an full assemblage devastated,” said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

“Hopefully, today’s lengthy condemnation allows for immoderate closure for the victim’s household and friends arsenic they proceed to grieve the young man’s tragic death.”

Barry was convicted of second-degree execution connected Oct. 16. pursuing a assemblage trial.

According to prosecutors, Barry and Bah, some immigrants from Senegal, were hanging retired with friends erstwhile Barry, who goes by the nickname “Zion,” pulled retired a weapon and approached Bah. As Bah was backpedaling into the street, Barry plunged the weapon into Bah’s chest, piercing his near lung and heart.

But Barry wasn’t done, officials said. Barry continued to pursuit his victim, who ran astir the country and stumbled into the barbershop.

“My stomach, my stomach,” helium told the shop’s employees, according to his mother, Binta Bah.

He past lifted his jacket, and the workers realized helium was bleeding. Bah was successful specified symptom helium didn’t recognize helium had been stabbed successful his thorax alternatively than his stomach, his parent said.

Months passed earlier Barry was arrested connected Dec. 1, 2020, successful Secaucus, N.J.

Police said they were capable to place Barry done surveillance footage, eyewitness statements and societal media.

Friends and relatives said Bah was an aspiring hoops subordinate who dreamed of playing professionally. The household came to the U.S. successful 2014 from Africa to reunite with relatives, household members said. He lived for a portion successful Ohio earlier moving to New York City.