In East Harlem, a six-month gang war led to gunfire in playgrounds, buildings, courtyards and crowded streets, accounting for half the shootings in a single police precinct, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. The feud between the gangs, known as Wuski and LA World, resulted in 21 shootings, according to Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, who on Tuesday announced two indictments against 16 members.
Prosecutors unveiled a massive Manhattan gang gun violence indictment on Tuesday in which 16 suspects were charged with 21 separate shootings across the borough last year.
Thirteen teenagers and three adults are now being charged in connection with more than 20 shootings that took place in 2024 throughout Harlem.
More than a dozen gang members involved in a war that tormented Harlem residents for months are now facing charges in the violent mayhem, Mayor Adams and NYPD officials announced Tuesday.
Sixteen people were indicted for their involvement with 21 shootings that occurred in upper Manhattan in an alleged war between the LA World and “Wuski” gangs, city officials announced on Tuesday.
