Overview
- The 66-count case names 13 defendants, with 12 charged in state Supreme Court on second- and fourth-degree conspiracy alongside attempted murder, assault and weapons offenses.
- Prosecutors say several defendants assaulted 16-year-old Tresaun Clements on June 18, 2024 near W. 148th St. and Bradhurst Ave.; he was misidentified as a rival, fell into a coma and died weeks later.
- The indictment outlines nine shootings across 2024 in Central Harlem, including gunfire into a deli that wounded a bystander and a barrage of about 20 shots outside a Douglass Houses deli.
- On Jan. 28, 2025, defendants allegedly smuggled scalpel blades into 100 Centre St. and slashed two rivals near an elevator bank before court officers intervened.
- Investigators report recovering 14 semi-automatic firearms and cite YouTube videos and other posts as corroborating evidence, with arraignments proceeding this week and two adolescent offenders to be tried as adults.