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17 alleged gang members charged in sweeping indictment in Brooklyn

The defendants, 14 of whom are teenagers, are accused of hunting down rival gang members and committing a series of armed assaults, killing four people and wounding 10 in the process, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said.

Suspect Amir Quinones
Suspect Amir Quinones
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Dashawn Legget.
Suspect Dashawn Legget.
Brooklyn DA
NYPD officers come in prepared in their raid to arrest 17 alleged gang members in Brooklyn on Jan. 4, 2022.
NYPD officers come prepared in their raid to arrest 17 alleged gang members in Brooklyn on Jan. 4, 2022.
AP
The charges came with an 118-count indictment.
The charges came with an 118-count indictment.
Gabriella Bass
There are 14 teenagers among the the slew of defendants. 
Gabriella Bass

“One of the most disturbing aspects of this case is the age of the defendants in this indictment. Some of them were as young as 14 or 15 years old” when the crimes were committed, said Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez at a news conference.

“That is heartbreaking, that some of our youngest residents in our county are involved in this gang and gun violence … it’s devastating and it’s truly destructive.”

Suspect Desire Louree
Suspect Desire Louree
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Dontay Alarcon
Suspect Dontay Alarcon
Brooklyn DA
NYPD officers come in prepared in their raid to arrest 17 alleged gang members in Brooklyn on Jan. 4, 2022.
NYPD officers enter a building during their raid to arrest 17 alleged gang members in Brooklyn on Jan. 4, 2022.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Suspect Freedom Drayton
Suspect Freedom Drayton
Brooklyn DA
Suspect George Risher
Suspect George Risher
Brooklyn DA
Overall, four were killed and 10 were injured in the crimes.
Overall, four were killed and 10 were injured in the crimes.
Gabriella Bass

The alleged babyfaced killers are members of the YPF gang — an alliance of three street gangs in Brownsville, East New York and Fort Greene that banded together to increase their power as they waged a war against their enemies, prosecutors said.

Videos obtained throughout the investigation allegedly show the teens flaunting their guns in a series of social media posts, including one that depicts a defendant shoving a gun inside a puppy’s mouth as he holds the dog by its scruff.

“These videos really show, and they were all uncovered during the course of the investigation, how deeply ingrained the problem is, how this gang and gun culture has obsessed these young men. They wave these guns around. They show them off. They brag about them. These guns are in a way something that they think makes them men,” Gonzalez told reporters.

The charges in this case include murder, conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.
The charges in this case include murder, conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.
Gabriella Bass
Suspect Tyshawn Bussey
Suspect Tyshawn Bussey
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Ziquan Thompson
Suspect Ziquan Thompson
Brooklyn DA
NYPD officers come in prepared in their raid to arrest 17 alleged gang members in Brooklyn on Jan. 4, 2022.
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez said “it’s devastating” that some of the alleged gang members were 14 or 15 years old.
AP
Suspect Giovanni Bennett
Suspect Giovanni Bennett is accused of shooting an NYU student on campus.
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Iquan Warlick
Suspect Iquan Warlick
Brooklyn DA

“It just shows how deep our challenge is to change the culture that we have in some parts of our community.”

Last October, Iquan Warlick, 17, and Nakhai Addison, 17, allegedly shot and killed college freshman Sherard McKoy, 18, while he was inside an East New York bodega waiting for food alongside an alleged rival of the two teens, prosecutors said.

Videos allegedly show some of the suspects showing off their guns.
Videos allegedly show some of the suspects showing off their guns.
Gabriella Bass
Police officers escort a handcuffed suspect to a car during a raid in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.
The young suspects were allegedly part of the YPF gang concentrated in Brownsville, East New York and Fort Greene, according to prosecutors.
AP
Suspect Lesley Jemison
Suspect Lesley Jemison
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Margario Harris
Suspect Margario Harris
Brooklyn DA

About a month later, Warlick, George Risher Jr., 17, and two other unidentified individuals allegedly traveled to a 16-year-old’s birthday party to target rival gang members and shot five innocent partygoers, including Daijyonna Long, 20, who was killed, investigators said.

Most recently, a 19-year-old NYU student was allegedly shot in the arm by Giovanni Bennett, 17, while standing outside the school’s Jacobs Building at the MetroTech Center — just steps from Brooklyn Borough Hall, prosecutors said.

Police officers listen to a briefing before a raid in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.
Mayor Eric Adams says the alleged gang members have devastated a great “number of innocent people, bystanders,” on the streets.
AP
Suspect Nakkai Addison
Suspect Nakkai Addison
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Reuben Johnson
Suspect Reuben Johnson
Brooklyn DA

“These guns were in the hands of bad people that did bad things to good people. The number of innocent people, bystanders, is unbelievable, the devastation that was carried out in this city,” said newly minted Mayor Eric Adams, who attended the press conference.

“You decimate a community’s ability to believe in being safe when you have violence of this magnitude.”

Police officers escort suspects accused of various violent crimes out of a building in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez argues “gun culture” among young men is fueling gang violence in New York City.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Suspect Ron Robinson
Suspect Ron Robinson
Brooklyn DA
Suspect Tieteanna Hoyle
Suspect Tieteanna Hoyle
Brooklyn DA

The defendants, who range in age from 17 to 23, are facing a series of charges, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. 

Fourteen have been taken into custody and another three are outstanding, the DA’s office said. Their attorneys couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.Facebook


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