A Howard Beach man on Dec. 11 was sentenced to 23 years in prison for fatally shooting a woman he believed was a witch in May 2022 in Ozone Park.

According to the DA’s Office, Giuseppe Canzani, 45, of 88th Street, knocked on the front door of the residence of Anna Torres, 51, on 109th Avenue in Ozone Park on May 4, 2022.

When Torres answered the door, Canzani shot her in the neck and arm before fleeing in a Chevrolet Traverse.

Police responded to the scene at about 2:35 p.m., and the victim was pronounced dead, the DA’s Office said.

Canzani at 3:22 p.m. pulled up outside the NYPD’s 106th Precinct, the charges said. He placed a .45-caliber silver gun on the sidewalk and said, “I want to turn myself in. I’m not here to hurt you guys. I’m here because of the woman I shot.”

He told police

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