Brooklyn district attorney, God Squad partnership aims to curb gun violence
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 25, 2021, 6:02pm EDT
As precincts across Brooklyn have seen a rise in violence, the Brooklyn district attorney announced a partnership with clergy councils that would allow for more community outreach to prevent gun violence.
The plan is for the 67th Clergy Council, also known as the God Squad, to enable other clergy councils to help the community through various strategies. Street engagement with young people, on the ground through all the evening. We re going to provide victim services for any individual . who is shot, whose family would want us to provide for them, said Pastor Gil Monrose a member of the 67th Clergy Council.
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2 men arrested for shooting death of boy, 1, at Brooklyn park
Dashawn Austin, 25, and Akeem Artis, 24, were charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, second-degree murder, attempted murder. Davell Gardner Jr. last summer.
CBS New York reported the arrests were included in the takedown of more than a dozen alleged members of a Brooklyn street gang who police believe is responsible for multiple violent crimes. According to the report, Austin, 25, and Artis, 24, are said to be amongst the highest-ranking and most violent members of the Hoolie gang.
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Eric Gonzalez showed multiple videos of shootings allegedly committed by the crew, including the July 2020 incident that resulted in Gardner Jr.’s tragic death. In total, four people were shot.
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New York authorities have charged two men in connection with a 2020 shooting that left a 1-year-old boy dead.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the news Thursday, less than a year after the deadly incident at Raymond Bush Playground. Investigators say 25-year-old Dashawn Austin had driven up to the area at around 11 p.m. on July 22, when 24-year-old Akeem Artis and another unidentified suspect exited the car and opened fire at a group of people attending a barbeque. Four people were shot during the attack, including 22-month old Davell Gardner Jr. The other three victims, who were described as innocent bystanders, survived their injuries.