Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | Department of Justice
A Bronx man, Bruce Morris, also known as “G,” has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in the 2016 murder of Jerome Jemison and for participating in a narcotics conspiracy. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman following Morris’s conviction at trial earlier this year on charges related to drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
“In 2016, Bruce Morris murdered Jerome Jemison in the middle of the day on the landing of a public stairwell of an apartment building in the Bronx, a building that he terrorized for over a decade,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Morris has now been held accountable for his heinous crimes.”
Court documents and proceedings showed that from at least 2012 through June 2023, Morris led a drug operation selling crack cocaine and heroin in Hunts Point, Bronx. His base was located at 868 Faile Street, where he used threats and violence—including firearms—to control both his business and the building itself. On one occasion, he threatened the building superintendent with a gun after being confronted about using a vacant apartment for illegal activities.
On August 11, 2016, authorities say Morris shot Jemison on the third floor of the Faile Street address during daylight hours over an alleged drug debt.
In addition to his prison sentence, Morris will serve five years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton commended both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York City Police Department for their investigative efforts leading to this conviction.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew Weinberg, Camille L. Fletcher, Jeffrey W. Coyle, Jackie Delligatti, and Marguerite B. Colson from the Office’s Narcotics Unit with support from Paralegal Specialist Jackie Fleury.
