More than a dozen alleged members of the 59 Brims and Bloodhound Brims street gangs were charged in a massive sweep for their alleged roles in 19 shootings that left nine people wounded and killed a rival gang member in Sheepshead Bay. Authorities seized 17 pistols during the operation.
More than a dozen south Brooklyn gangbangers were charged in a massive sweep for their alleged roles in 19 shootings that left nine people wounded and killed a rival gang member in Sheepshead Bay.
“It’s part of an ongoing war between rival street gangs based primarily in Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island — a war that has terrorized Brooklyn neighborhoods for years,” Tisch said at a Wednesday press conference in which authorities showed off the 17 pistols they seized during the operation.Japan Airlines plane strikes parked Delta jet at Seattle airport in 'scary' moment
The investigation centered on a series of violent crimes that began in early 2021 and quickly escalated into a full-on gang war after Bloodhound Brim member Davonte Lewis was killed outside his Midwood high school in April of that year.Three days after Lewis’ death, Evans and several others crossed into territory claimed by the rival Folk Nation gang near 3405 Foster Avenue and shot a rival gangbanger several times in the stomach, authorities said.
He waited for them to leave, then pulled his handgun and opened fire — hitting two innocent bystanders, the release said.Twelve of the suspects were arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justices Danny Chun and Craig Walker on the 129-count indictment, which charged them with second-degree murder, second- and fourth-degree conspiracy and second-degree attempted murder, among other things. Two others were still at large, officials said.
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