A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a violent gang-related subway shooting in the Bronx last month that left an innocent bystander dead and five others injured, police said.
The boy, who was injured in the riot explosion and has been in custody ever since, was also charged Thursday with four counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon, police said.
Police said the boy was wounded in the leg during the shootout that claimed the life of Obed Beltrán Sanchez, 35, on Feb. 12 at the Mount Eden subway station around 4:40 p.m.
Police say he is the second person arrested in connection with the subway violence, joining 16-year-old gangbanger Rangel Jones, who was arrested days after the shooting, and another suspect still at large. He added that it was inside.
Jones is said to be a member of DBlock, a violent gang named after Davidson Avenue, which was at odds with the Burnside gang in a dispute over “drill rap and disrespect.” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney previously told reporters. Media briefing.
The gang war eventually boiled over when two crew members happened to board the same train at different stops.
Police could not confirm Friday whether the 14-year-old boy was a gang member.
The boy was arrested in connection with a mass shooting that also occurred in the Bronx on January 15, but authorities previously said the shooting may have stemmed from the same gang conflict and may have been the trigger for the subway incident. It was announced that there would be.
When gunfire erupted outside the train, Sanchez, who was not involved, made the mistake of looking out from the platform to see what the commotion was about, Kenney said at the time.
The police official added that people were “just walking past him.”
“This is about a guy who’s just going about his job trying to make it in his life and he makes the mistake of wanting to know what’s going on and gets hurt,” Kenney said.
Sanchez, described by police as homeless, was originally from Mexico and had family there.
In addition to the 14-year-old alleged gunman, a 14-year-old girl, a 29-year-old woman, and two men, ages 28 and 71, were also injured but later hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. shooting.
Alfa Diallo, the sister of the injured 28-year-old man, told the Post that her brother hung up the phone and told her he was going to get off at the Mt. Eden/Jerome Avenue station and take the 4 train. As he boarded the train to go to 149th Street, he was shot.
She called the incident “devastating,” noting that her brother, also an innocent bystander, could have easily recovered in the city’s morgue instead of in a Bronx hospital. .
“That could have been him,” she said. “My heart goes out to that family. My brother was going about his own business. He was just a passenger on the train. Can you imagine?”
