A youth gang tied to the violent Venezuelan Toren de Aragua gang is threatening a sinister retaliation after a 17-year-old immigrant was stabbed to death during a brawl on a Manhattan street, police said.
Los Diablos de la 42 (named after the location of the infamous Roosevelt Hotel immigrant shelter) was destroyed last week after a brawl that left teenager Yeremi Corino dead, authorities said. , posting threats on social media.
Sabino said neither of the victims had any documented gang ties, but Los Diablos de la 42, part of the violent Torren de Aragua gang, was linked to social media after the killings. He has vowed retribution in the media and has indicated that he is at least acquainted with the crew. and sauce.
“They expressed their condolences and said they were heartbroken, but they also said 'every heart was shot,'” NYPD Deputy Chief of Detectives Jason Savino told reporters Monday. spoke. “Kokoro is portrayed as an Afro-Caribbean immigrant, so there's some sort of gang beef, and that obviously influences her motivations as well.”
The scuffle that killed Corino occurred Thursday at about 7:30 p.m. near John Street on Broadway, and authorities said the boy was punched, kicked and stabbed during the scuffle.
Savino said a Walgreens employee witnessed the violence and “in typical New York fashion” dragged Corino, bleeding profusely, into the drugstore with a knife in his chest.
The seriously injured boy, who was carrying identification with him from the Roosevelt shelter, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Police said another victim, an 18-year-old immigrant, was stabbed in the left arm with a knife during the disturbance and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
“As far as motive is concerned, all indications at this point are that this is a crew-motivated incident,” Savino added.
One of the victim's crew members told investigators that rivals were flashing gang signs, police officials added.
“Their response was they wanted to question why they were flashing gang signs. That's ultimately the victim's story,” Savino said.
However, Savino noted that surveillance footage revealed that the victim's crew member may have been the assailant.
“They're advancing toward a group of six black men, and at one point they're trotting toward a group on the other side, actually making phone calls,” Savino said. “Eventually the two groups would engage, but let me tell you this: both sides had weapons.”
“The victim actually swung an unknown object downwards just before being stabbed by one of the assailants,” he said.
In addition to the knife, pliers and two wooden sticks were also recovered from the scene, Savino said.
Initial reports said the suspects asked the teenage victims if they spoke English before launching the attack, but Savino said Monday there was no sign of that interaction.
Video released by the NYPD on Monday night shows three suspects backing away and fleeing after the fatal collision.
Police said the suspects fled to the nearby Fulton Street subway station.
The still photos show the crew aboard the train, and one photo from behind shows a drawing of lips on a backpack.
Anyone with information about this deadly crime is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) .
The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website. https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/by X @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
