Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of a construction worker in a broad daylight shooting outside a Coney Island job site.

The defendant opened fire on a group of workers, killing a 53-year-old grandmother and wounding another individual.

“This was a senseless act of violence that took the life of a hardworking woman, devastating her family. Dorothy Dixon was a mother of six and grandmother of many more, who was just trying to earn a living when her life was viciously cut short,” Gonzalez said, noting that despite gun violence currently being at record lows in Brooklyn, he’s committed to further driving down shootings.

The defendant, Malik Fryar, 34, of Coney Island, Brooklyn, was sentenced by Bro

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