A 17-year-old boy has been charged with homicide within the December stabbing demise of a migrant teen over “gang beef” — which sparked a name for revenge from New York Metropolis youths tied to the vicious Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, cops stated.
The teenager was arrested on a homicide indictment and likewise faces gang assault and assault expenses in connection to the lethal Dec. 5 assault on Yeremi Colina, additionally 17, in Manhattan on Broadway close to John Avenue, police stated.
Colina – who was carrying an ID from the Roosevelt Resort migrant shelter in Midtown – was additionally punched and kicked in the course of the fracas, cops stated.
An 18-year-old man was additionally knifed within the arm in the course of the brawl, struggling non-life-threatening accidents, authorities stated.
The newly charged teen is the second suspect arrested in connection to the lethal melee – a 16-year-old boy was nabbed on Christmas Eve and charged with gang assault, in accordance with cops and the indictment, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court docket.
The pair was “aided by two or more other persons” who stay at massive, the indictment stated.
After the slaying, the Tren de Arugua-linked crew referred to as Los Diablos de la 42 — Spanish for “the Devils of 42nd Street” — posted threats of revenge on social media, an NYPD official stated on the time.
“They offered their condolences and noted that their heart is broken, but they also stated, ‘Every Cocolo shot,’” Assistant Chief Jason Savino of the NYPD’s Detective Bureau instructed reporters Monday. “A Cocolo is described as Afro-Caribbean migrants, so there is a little bit of a gang beef, and that obviously plays towards motive as well.”
A member of the sufferer’s crew instructed investigators that their rivals have been flashing gang indicators, the police official added.
“Their response was they wanted to confront them as to why they flashed gang signs, and that’s ultimately the story from the victim’s side,” Savino stated.
Nevertheless, surveillance footage reveals the victims’ crew could have been the aggressors, Savino famous.
“They’re traveling towards the group of six male blacks, and what they’re doing is they’re actually calling and at one point, jogging towards that opposing group,” Savino stated. “Ultimately, the two groups engage, and I will say this — both sides both had weapons.”
“The victim actually swings an unknown object in a downward motion just prior to being stabbed by one of the perpetrators,” he stated.
Along with the knife, two picket sticks have been recovered from the scene along with a pair of pliers, in accordance with Savino.
“All indications at this point, as far as motive is concerned, is that this is a crew-motivated incident,” Savino added.
The 17-year-old suspect was ordered held with out bail throughout his Wednesday arraignment and is about to reappear in courtroom on April 1.
The youthful teen was arraigned in December and ordered held on $100,000 money bail, $250,000 insurance coverage firm bond and $300,000 partially secured surety bond.
His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for April 2, information present.
