Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Double Murder And Shooting Of 16-Year-Old

 

Kai Johnson Murdered Price Tunstall and Malik Tunstall in August 2021 and Committed the Shooting of a 16-Year-Old in April 2021     

 Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KAI JOHNSON was sentenced to 40 years in prison in connection with his participation in the murders of Price Tunstall and Malik Tunstall in the vicinity of the James Monroe Houses in the Bronx on August 31, 2021, and a non-fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in the vicinity of the James Monroe Houses in the Bronx on April 4, 2021.  On January 20, 2023, JOHNSON pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy and attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering.  U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman imposed today’s sentence.   

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “In broad daylight, Kai Johnson callously murdered two brothers — Price Tunstall and Malik Tunstall — in the courtyard of the James Monroe Houses.  He committed these murders just a few months after shooting and injuring a 16-year-old in the same neighborhood.  Today’s lengthy sentence sends an important message to gang members who commit violent crimes that they will be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”         

As alleged in the Indictment and based on statements made in open court:

KAI JOHNSON is a member or associate of a racketeering enterprise known as the “Stevenson Commons Crew.”  In order to fund the enterprise, protect and expand its interests, and promote its standing, members and associates of the Stevenson Commons Crew committed, conspired, attempted, and threatened to commit acts of violence against rival gangs, including murder and assault; conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics; and obtained, possessed, and used firearms, including by brandishing and discharging them. 

On August 31, 2021, JOHNSON murdered Malik Tunstall and Price Tunstall in the vicinity of 805 Taylor Avenue in the Bronx, New York.

On April 4, 2021, JOHNSON shot at rival gang members in the vicinity of 877 Taylor Avenue in the Bronx, New York, which resulted in a 16-year-old being grazed in the head with a bullet.

In addition to his prison term, JOHNSON, 28, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to five years of supervised release.

Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of Homeland Security Investigations, the New York City Department of Investigation, and the New York City Police Department.