Man charged for role in Brooklyn bar shoot-out that killed 3; video shows chaotic scene
NEW YORK AP Federal prosecutors have charged a man they say played a role in a gang-related shooting that broke out in a crowded Brooklyn bar this summer leaving three dead and others injured For the first time Wednesday prosecutors also disclosed guard camera footage of the chaotic gunfight which unfolded Aug inside the Taste of City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn The video proved patrons scrambling for cover as bullets ricocheted across the densely-packed club with at least shots fired from five guns prosecutors disclosed Among the shooters was Elijah Roy a -year-old gang member who arrived at the club with several associates according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday At around a m one of those associates Marvin St Louis began taunting a rival gang member Jamel Childs agents mentioned The confrontation expeditiously escalated with officers announced St Louis shooting at Childs who returned fire Both St Louis and Childs were killed in the shoot-out as was another man -year-old Amadou Diallo who is inferred to have been a bystander After ducking under a table Roy fired two shots according to prosecutors It was unclear if those shots hit anyone He is accused of violent assault in aid of racketeering and illegal possession of ammunition Mehdi Essmidi an attorney for Roy did not respond to a voice message Prosecutors described Roy and St Louis as members of the - Brims a subset of the Bloods They reported Childs was part of a rival gang the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples Roy was arrested last week in North Carolina carrying in cash according to the criminal complaint He was arraigned Wednesday afternoon and ordered held without bail New York City has seen a year of record-low gun violence with the fewest number of shootings and shooting casualties recorded across the city during the first nine months of according to police At a vigil held for the casualties in August Mayor Eric Adams explained that what happened in the Taste of the City is not a reflection of our city
