Defendants Are 14, 15 and 16 Years Old; They Fired at Least 19 Shots on Crowded Platform During Gang Shootout
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that three Bronx teenagers have been indicted for second-degree Murder and additional charges for allegedly engaging in a shootout between their rival gangs at the Mount Eden Avenue subway station, killing a man and injuring four other people.
District Attorney Clark said, “Once again we are talking about boys getting their hands on guns and destroying lives. The defendants allegedly fired their weapons during rush hour, on a busy platform, killing a man and seriously hurting four other people. They have also ruined their futures. This carnage must stop, and we all need to step up and make a difference before youths decide to pick up a gun.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendants, Langel Jones, 16, a 15-year-old boy and a 14- year-old boy, all of the Bronx, were indicted on second-degree Murder, and variously charged with Attempted Murder in the second-degree, first degree Assault, second degree Assault, Attempted Assault first and second degree, Reckless Endangerment in the first and second degree, and second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon. They have all been arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Gayle Roberts and remanded. Jones’ case was adjourned to June 11, 2024, and the others are due back in court on June 6, 2024, and July 30, 2024.
According to the investigation, on February 12, 2024, at approximately 4:35 p.m., at the Mount Eden subway station on the 4-train platform, the defendants acting in concert with each other allegedly fired at least 19 shots during the course of a shootout between the Davidson Avenue Boys Mac Ballers and the Burnside Money Getters. All three defendants allegedly possessed a gun and fired it during the shootout, resulting in the death of Beltran Sanchez, 35, who was shot in the chest. Four other straphangers suffered wounds ranging from being shot in the face, arm, foot, and hand. One of the juvenile defendants also suffered a gunshot wound.
District Attorney Clark also thanked NYPD Detectives Mark Buono, Robert Riley, Sean Kelly, Christopher Layton, Jose Mercedes, Carolyn Daley, of the 44 Precinct Detective Squad, and NYPD Police Officers Vincent Fortino, Michael Meneses, Xavier Perez, Nicholas Santomero, and Hanna Cottignies, of the 44 Precinct, NYPD Detectives Faton Alickaj, Brianna Constantino, Arelis Collazo of the Bronx Homicide Squad, NYPD Detective Lahman Sanders of the Regional Fugitive Task Force, and all responding members of the NYPD’s 44 Precinct and Transit District 11 for their work on the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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