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10 Charged in Retaliatory Bronx Shootings That Killed 4 and Injured 7

Prosecutors call the late-summer attacks retaliatory gang violence, with a new probe targeting gun pipelines.

Overview

  • Gunmen fired about 57 rounds at an Aug. 23 basketball tournament in Haffen Park, killing 32-year-old Jaceil Banks and, days later, 17-year-old Anthonaya Campbell, and wounding three others.
  • On Sept. 1, five alleged assailants opened fire on Allerton Avenue in a drive-by that prosecutors say was retaliation for Haffen Park, killing 24-year-old Jamari Henry and injuring four men.
  • Prosecutors allege 22-year-old Desean Edwards and others fatally shot 21-year-old Jontay Davis on Sept. 2 and left his body behind St. Barnabas Hospital.
  • Investigators recovered 13 firearms during the probe, including a ghost gun tied to the Davis killing, with ballistics linking some weapons to 13 other shootings in New York City and South Carolina.
  • Several defendants are teenagers; suspects tied to Haffen Park were arraigned and held without bail, five accused in the Allerton attack were indicted for murder, and DA Darcel D. Clark pledged an intensified trafficking investigation.