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Rashad Dancy, 26, will also be on supervised probation for three years after his release. He was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford.
Dancy pleaded guilty in March to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, in connection with the May 5, 2014, drive-by shooting, according to court records.
According to court documents and statements made in court, a resident of house on Shelton Street was nearly struck in the drive-by shooting. Witnesses reported the gunfire came from a red Ford Fusion, and subsequent analysis of surveillance camera videos confirmed the reports, according to the press release.
Officers also recovered several "7.62x39" ammunition casings at the scene.
Police then located a red Ford Fusion on Willow Street and saw Dancy enter the car and drive away. Officers stopped the car, questioned Dancy and recovered a spent rifle cartridge head stamped “762x39.” Dancy consented to a search of his residence, where officers seized a loaded .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun, as well as drug-packaging materials.
The investigation found that Dancy had rented a red Ford Fusion in April 2014 and, that on May 2, 2014, a friend of Dancy's was shot and killed during an altercation at a Danbury nightclub.
The Shelton Street residence where the drive-by shooting occurred was the home to individuals who were involved in an altercation at that nightclub on May 2.
Dancy’s criminal history includes convictions related to trafficking heroin and marijuana. It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.
Dancy has been detained since his arrest on May 5, 2014. On March 2, 2015, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
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