17 Charged as Brooklyn Gang Alliance Is Linked to 4 Deadly Shootings
The New York Times
Those charged, ranging in age from 17 to 23, were accused of unleashing a wave of violence that also left 10 other people wounded by gunfire.
Seventeen teenagers and young adults who the authorities say belonged to three street gangs that formed an alliance in Brooklyn were charged on Tuesday with unleashing a wave of violence that left four people dead and 10 others wounded in shootings.
The gangs, made up of young people from the Brownsville, East New York and Fort Greene neighborhoods, joined forces in an “umbrella” gang known as YPF to expand their territory and increase their access to guns, Eric Gonzalez, the Brooklyn district attorney, said.
The young men and women, ages 17 to 23, face charges that include second-degree murder, assault and criminal weapon possession. A spokesman for Mr. Gonzalez said that 14 of them were in custody on Tuesday and would be arraigned later in the day. It was unclear whether any of those charged had lawyers as of Tuesday evening.
