Twenty-three warring Crips subsets operating out of the Astoria Houses and the Woodside Houses were busted after a two-year investigation, officials announced Tuesday, 16 of whom are currently behind bars.
“The reckless criminality we saw during this investigation is the kind of lawlessness that has killed law-abiding citizens of New York,” Katz said at a Feb. 14 press conference. “For example, street gang members walked into the Woodside Housing Development and fired at a group of Woodside gang members who were in the courtyard along with other residents, including several small children. A Woodside gang member and an innocent bystander were hit.
“Our goal is to be proactive. And not just one gun at a time, but to take down these dangerous individuals who are carrying these guns. These illegal guns even when you color them, purple, pink, and lavender, they still discharge death,” Adams said. “They are endangering the lives of innocent people in our city. And they have no regard for the safety of the people who live in our city.”Guns recovered from the gang bust.
Eight of the defendants have been deemed the worst trigger-pullers in the city’s recent history, Katz said, adding that they stand accused of multiple brazen daylight shootings — incidents that have put the public, including young children, at risk.
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