Overview

• A superseding indictment unsealed July 2 charges nine alleged Road 2 Riches members aged 15 to 20 with murder, attempted murder and weapons possession in 10 separate shootings.
• Prosecutors say the charges include the August 21, 2023, murder of a 24-year-old man and the broad-daylight shooting of a 68-year-old woman in East New York.
• Two suspects were already in custody, five were arrested following the unsealing of the indictment and two remain at large, officials say.
• The case stems from a multi-year investigation by the Brooklyn DA’s Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau and the NYPD Gun Violence Suppression Division.
• Officials report more than 40 gang takedowns, over 230 illegal firearms seized and double-digit declines in Brooklyn shootings and homicides.