NEWBURGH – Town Police in Newburgh have charged Kaliek Goode-Ford, 30, of Newburgh in connection with the triple murder on Sunday, January 26 at a residence at 1751 Route 300.
Police Chief Bruce Campbell said Goode-Ford is believed to be the lone shooter in the incident that left Jimmy Crisantos, 27, Shatavia Crisantos, 26, and Giovanni Tambino, 9, Shantavia’s son from a previous relationship, dead.
A fourth victim, a three-year-old boy whose name is being withheld, is in critical but stable condition with multiple gunshot wounds.
Campbell said a clear motive for the crime is still under investigation; however, a relationship between the suspect and the victims as been established.
Goode-Ford has been charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon as well as other lesser charges.
Town police were assisted by State Police, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, and the Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force.