BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Two Choo gang members, including Brooklyn rapper Culture Bermudez, known as CoachDaGhost, have been sentenced to decades in prison for a deadly execution-style ambush that left one teen dead and two others seriously wounded in a Canarsie intersection.
Culture Bermudez, 31, was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison, and co-defendant Naquan Pruitt, 30, of Pennsylvania, received a sentence of 25 years to life. Both men were convicted earlier this month on charges including second-degree murder and attempted murder for the March 13, 2021, shooting.
According to trial evidence, the two men were “spinning” through rival Woo gang territory in Brownsville and Canarsie when they spotted three young men—17-year-old Bryan Sanon, and two others aged 19 and 20. After circling the block twice in a rented Toyota Camry, the pair stopped near East 82nd Street and Farragut Road and waited for the group to walk into an ambush.
As the victims entered the intersection, Bermudez and another passenger jumped out of the car and opened fire. Sanon was fatally shot in the chest, the 20-year-old victim was shot in the face, and the 19-year-old was struck in both legs.
Arrests made months after fatal Brooklyn ambush
Pruitt was arrested in Pennsylvania on May 25, 2021, and extradited to New York the following month. Bermudez was apprehended in Georgia on July 6, 2021, and returned to New York in December 2021. A third suspect involved in the shooting has not been publicly identified.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John Hecht handed down both sentences Tuesday.
Investigators from the KCDA’s Detective Bureau, Digital Evidence Lab, and Homicide Paralegal Unit assisted in the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Steven Bravo and Amanda Schaefer.
