A Staten Island man was arrested for shooting his neighbor during a feud over fireworks, law enforcement sources said Monday.
Dominick Giordano, 57, was allegedly set off by his neighbor’s habit of igniting fireworks on the residential block in Eltingville, authorities said.
The simmering tensions exploded around 12:15 a.m. Sunday when Giordano allegedly blasted the 41-year-old man in the torso on Pompey Avenue near Wilson Avenue, sources said.
Giordano initially pointed the gun at his neighbor’s forehead, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Reig said during Giordano’s arraignment in Richmond County Criminal Court Monday afternoon.
“When the victim went to retreat, the defendant discharged one round of ammunition from said gun that struck the victim in the back, causing a bullet wound, bleeding and substantial pain that required medical attention at a local hospital,” Reig said.
“It is noteworthy that the victim’s minor child and victim’s wife were outside the home during this incident,” he added.
Dominick Giordano, 57, opened fire at a 41-year-old man. Gregory P. Mango / pool
A “Happy 16th Birthday” banner was on display in the shooting victim’s yard on Pompey Avenue near Wilson Avenue in Eltingville. Steve WhiteA 9mm shell casing was recovered at the scene, with a loaded ghost gun discovered in the backyard, prosecutors said.
The victim, who wasn’t publicly identified, was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was listed in stable condition.
Officers responding to the shooting arrested Giordano and charged him with felony assault, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.
The Richmond County District Attorney’s Office later added charges of second-degree attempted murder, and criminal use of a firearm.
A “Happy 16th Birthday” banner was on display in the victim’s yard when The Post visited Monday afternoon.
The home allegedly had children inside at the time of the shooting.
The incident occurred in the confines of the NYPD’s 123rd Precinct, a typically low-crime area with only one other shooting reported there this year, according to the latest police statistics, updated on Sept. 24.
Shootings are also down borough-wide, with 24 victims reported in 22 incidents in 2023, compared to 29 victims in 23 incidents for the same time period last year.
Reig requested that bail be set at $700,000 cash or $1.5 million bond.
But defense attorney Aliza Pacheco called the bail request “exorbitant and not in line with the charges,” because cops busted her client for assault and not attempted murder.
Pacheco added that her client is a grandfather of six, and only makes $50,000 a year moving commercial kitchen equipment.
Giordano has five prior convictions – three of which are felonies, according to Reig – but Pacheco argued that the felonies are each at least 20 years old.
Judge John McPadden ultimately set bail at $1 million – pointing out that the victim’s life was spared, but just barely.
“I would not say this is a classic overcharge to sensationalize for the sake of asking for higher bail,” McPadden said. “I think this very easily, by a matter of inches or fractions of inches, could be a remand case as a murder [in the second degree].”





