Brooklyn man gets 33 years to life for gang shooting spree that left three dead
BROOKLYN, NY – A 21-year-old Fort Greene man was sentenced Tuesday to 33 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple murders and attempted murders tied to a 2020 gang shooting spree that killed three people and wounded others across Brooklyn.
Iquan Warlick pleaded guilty on September 11 to three counts of second-degree murder, nine counts of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of second-degree conspiracy. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jane Tully imposed a sentence made up of two consecutive terms of 17 years to life, plus additional concurrent terms that result in an aggregate sentence of 33 years to life.
Prosecutors said Warlick, who was affiliated with a Fort Greene-based gang known as FNO and the YPF coalition, was linked to three separate fatal shootings weeks apart in 2020. According to the District Attorney’s office, on September 12, 2020, Warlick and associates communicated about the whereabouts of 23-year-old Wayne Lafontant, who was approached and killed in the courtyard of 330 Hudson Walk. On October 28, 2020, Warlick and co-defendant Nakhai Addison confronted rival gang members at a bodega on New Lots Avenue; 18-year-old college student Sherard McKoy was chased outside and fatally shot. On November 22, 2020, Warlick, George Risher Jr. and other individuals opened fire at and near a relocated birthday party in East New York and at a Bedford-Stuyvesant location on Albany Avenue; 20-year-old Daijyonna Long was killed and several others were wounded.
Co-defendants have already been sentenced in related cases. Ziquan Thompson, 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and related charges and received a 20-year sentence. George Risher Jr., 21, pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree manslaughter and multiple counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 26 years. Nakhai Addison received a sentence of up to six years after pleading guilty in his case.
The investigation that led to charges against Warlick and others produced two indictments in January 2022 that charged 17 members of the alliance on 118 counts, including allegations tied to 14 shootings that left nine people injured and four dead. The indictments and subsequent prosecutions relied on evidence gathered by the NYPD’s Brooklyn North Homicide Squad, the Gun Violence Suppression Division and detectives from the 75th, 79th and 88th precincts, according to the District Attorney’s office.
The case was prosecuted by the District Attorney’s Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, which credited paralegals and intelligence analysts for investigative support. The DA framed the sentences as part of an effort to hold gang members accountable for gun violence in Brooklyn.
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Key Points
- Iquan Warlick pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 33 years to life for three murders and multiple attempted murders tied to a 2020 gang shooting spree
- Fatal incidents cited by prosecutors occurred September 12 October 28 and November 22, 2020, and claimed the lives of Wayne Lafontant Sherard McKoy and Daijyonna Long
- Co-defendants Ziquan Thompson George Risher Jr. and Nakhai Addison were previously convicted and sentenced in related cases