State of New York v. Armando Octaviano and Jonny Octaviano

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder.

Armando Octaviano, 25, of Virginia and Jonny Octaviano, 25, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, were accused of killing a 21-Year-Old man.

According to the evidence, the murder was the result of a conspiracy that began when Jonny Octaviano, while incarcerated on Rikers Island for a separate crime, met an inmate who helped form an alliance between a Brooklyn gang the defendants were associated with and a Manhattan-based gang. In the days leading up to the shooting, the defendants and their associates met in person and agreed to carry out acts of violence together, including the targeted killing in this case.

On October 1, 2021, at approximately 4:50 p.m., while Jonny Octaviano was incarcerated, Armando Octaviano traveled to a residential building near 46th Street and Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. Once inside the lobby, Armando Octaviano shot 21-year-old Jorge Sanango in the chest, killing him. The defendant fled the scene but was later identified through video evidence and other corroborating proof.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Matthew Perry, of the District Attorney’s Homicide Bureau, and Senior Assistant District Attorney Adam halmi, of the District Attorney’s Green Zone Trial Bureau, with assistance from Intelligence Analyst Hiba Abdullah and Digital Forensic Analyst Christina Stewart, of the District Attorney’s Digital Evidence Lab, and Paralegal Meghan Brancato, of the Homicide Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Leila Rosini, Chief of the Homicide Bureau.

Jonny Octaviano was previously sentenced by Justice Chun on April 1, 2026 to an indeterminate term of five to 15 years in prison. He was convicted of second-degree conspiracy on March 17, 2026, following a jury trial.