BRONX, N.Y. – Nineteen alleged gang members — including seven teenagers — have been indicted in connection with a violent yearlong conspiracy that prosecutors say brought gunfire and fear to the streets surrounding the Bronx County Hall of Justice and St. Mary’s Park.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced the 157-count indictment Wednesday, charging alleged members and associates of the Courtlandt Over Everything and ABG Crips gangs with conspiracy, attempted murder, robbery, and weapons offenses tied to multiple daytime shootings.
According to prosecutors, the group carried out at least seven shootings and four additional violent acts between December 2024 and early December this year, firing weapons in busy public areas and even near the Bronx courthouse. Two people were wounded in the attacks.
Clark said the defendants “terrorized communities” by bringing gunfire into crowded areas, including the courthouse, where jurors, witnesses, and staff were placed in danger. She emphasized that her office’s work with the NYPD was aimed at both dismantling violent gangs and expanding programs that steer youth away from gun involvement.
Commissioner Tisch said the investigation, led by NYPD detectives and Bronx prosecutors, “disrupted a pattern of gun violence” that repeatedly endangered residents and court employees, crediting law enforcement cooperation for bringing the case forward.
The defendants, ranging in age from 16 to 22, allegedly used social media to coordinate attacks and boast of shootings. Several incidents unfolded near the courthouse, including one on May 29 when two defendants were arrested with firearms after a confrontation outside the Hall of Justice. In another, prosecutors said the violence spilled into a juvenile detention facility, where a rival teen was slashed with a contraband scalpel following an online order to attack him.
Shootings linked to the case included a December 2024 brawl inside the courthouse where cocaine was allegedly recovered from one defendant; an April 2025 daylight shooting on East 142nd Street that sent a mother and two children ducking for cover; and a June ambush where a 16-year-old was shot in the leg near East 141st Street. The violence continued through the summer, culminating in a December 2 shooting that struck an innocent bystander carrying groceries in Mott Haven.
Five defendants were arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Joseph McCormack and four before Justice Guy Mitchell on Tuesday. The remaining defendants are already incarcerated and will face arraignment at a later date. Bail amounts ranged from $25,000 to $500,000, with several teens held without bail pending review.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys from the Bronx Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau under the supervision of Bureau Chief L. Newton Mendys and the Investigations Division. The NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression Division and the 40th Precinct, along with court officers from the Office of Court Administration, assisted in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
Authorities say the coordinated investigation marks another step in reducing youth gang violence in the Bronx.
Prosecutors charge 19 alleged gang members with conspiracy and attempted murder in a violent yearlong feud that spread from the Bronx courthouse to city streets.
