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WHITE PLAINS – A Bronx man was found guilty by a Westchester County Court jury on Monday of murder in the shooting death of O’Neil Bandoo, 36, a co-owner of The Mansion, a nightclub at 4 North Third Avenue in Mount Vernon. The fatal incident occurred at 2:50 a.m. on Christmas Day 2016 while a holiday party was going on inside.
Errol Hillary, 43, shot Bandoo outside the club after he became rowdy inside, was asked by security to leave, and began to fight with two security members. Security attempted to forcibly remove Hillary by dragging him to the front door.
Bandoo was standing outside with a friend of Hillary, who was head of security at the facility, when they heard the commotion. The two men entered the club and asked Hillary to comply at which time he walked toward the front door, pulled out a 9 mm gun and began shooting back into the hallway.
Bandoo was hit once in the chest and died. Five other people were wounded.
While Hillary kept firing, he was tackled by the head of security, who was able to disarm him. Mount Vernon police officers arrested him as he fled the scene.
Hillary was convicted of one count of murder, five counts of attempted murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon. He faces 25 years to life on the murder conviction when sentenced next month.
At the time of the shooting, Hillary had been released on $200,000 bail for another shooting in the Bronx where he was charged with attempted murder. That case is still pending.
