Malverne Man Charged in Hunting Trip Shooting Death

By Timothy Bolger Posted on April 9, 2014

A Malverne volunteer firefighter has been indicted for allegedly shooting his 52-year-old friend to death on an upstate New York deer hunting trip five months ago.

Robert Gerbino pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Otsego County court to criminally negligent homicide, prosecutors confirmed to the Press.

Authorities said the 57-year-old man was hunting in Westford when he mistakenly shot fellow firefighter Charles Bruce to death on Nov. 16, 2013.

Bruce was pronounced dead at the scene. Gerbina was released without bail and is due back in court next month.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.