One of Junior Guzman’s Killers ‘Hospitalizes Rikers Prison Guard’

It was the brutal, senseless attack that took the life of 15-year-old Junior Guzman-Feliz.

A jury took just one day to find defendants: Jonaiki Martinez Estrella, 24; Manuel Rivera, 18; Elvin Garcia, 23; Jose Muniz, 22, and Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez Santiago, 24, guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, gang assault and conspiracy.

Now one of the killers has reportedly hospitalized a Rikers guard during a violent attack.

According to The New York Post, Muniz was being held at Rikers awaiting transfer to a state prison.

But he is accused of attacking the correctional officer, leaving him with a dislocated shoulder Tuesday night. 

Muniz is a member of the notorious Trinitarios gang. In a case of mistaken identity, he was one of five men who brutally killed Junior Guzman.

The chilling moment was was caught on video outside a convenience store in The Bronx on June 20, 2018.

Following the alleged attack on a guard Tuesday the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association said:

“These attacks are deplorable and we take assaults on our officers very seriously. We are pursuing the re-arrest of those responsible.”

Meanwhile the mother of Guzman-Feliz’s thanked Jesus after a jury convicted the five men of first-degree murder Friday. 

“I want to say thank you, Jesus,” Junior’s mother, Leandra Feliz, said after the verdict was handed down Friday afternoon. 

“I’m not going to have my son back,’ Leandra said, according to the New York Post, “But those killers, those murderers, they won’t be outside killing another kid.”

“I’m grateful of the good job the jury did today – it was a just decision,” Lisandro Guzman said, according to ABC 7. “My son is not coming back, but at least those thugs are not going to be on the street.”

Junior’s brother, Manny Ortiz, added that “It’s been a terrible year especially for my mom and now I see a smile on her face. It is a happy ending.”

Junior’s father also thanked the jurors for the verdict. 

“I’m grateful of the good job the jury did today – it was a just decision,’ Lisandro Guzman said. “My son is not coming back, but at least those thugs are not going to be on the street.”