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.
The victim, who wasn’t publicly identified, was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was listed in stable condition.
During the fight, Giordano allegedly opened fire toward a house that had children inside, a source told the Staten Island Advance.
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.
A “Happy 16th Birthday” banner was on display in the victim’s yard when The Post visited Monday afternoon.
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.
