Defendants’ Attacks on Rivals Also Wounded Six Bystanders, Including 73-Year-Old Woman, Teenage Girl
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban today announced that 14 alleged members and associates of the “1300” group have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to commit violent acts including six incidents of gunfire. One of the associates is also charged in a separate indictment for shooting four people.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendants continuously put the lives of innocent bystanders at risk with indiscriminate shootings, some during broad daylight, striking a 73-yearold woman who still suffers from the injury, and a 15-year-old girl. They put the entire community in danger.
NYPD Commissioner Caban said, “This indictment underscores the NYPD’s perseverance in identifying, investigating, and dismantling the violent criminal groups plaguing our communities. These arrests should serve as a warning to anyone who thinks they can terrorize our neighborhoods in any way: You will be held accountable for your criminal behavior. I commend our investigators and our partners in the Bronx District Attorney’s office for their steadfast commitment to our shared public safety mission.”
The 88-count indictment charges second-degree Conspiracy, five counts of first-degree Criminal Use of a Firearm, five counts of Attempted Murder in the second degree, first-degree Assault, first-degree Gang Assault, five counts of second-degree Criminal Use of a Firearm, 10 counts of Attempted Assault in the first-degree, 17 counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, three counts of Attempted Gang Assault in the first-degree, second-degree Gang Assault, three counts of third-degree Conspiracy, six counts of first-degree Reckless Endangerment, three counts of second-degree Assault, three counts of fourth degree Conspiracy, nine counts second-degree Attempted Assault, nine counts of Criminal Possession of a Firearm and six counts of second-degree Reckless Endangerment.
Kyshawn Johnson was arraigned on August 1, 2024. Dreshawn Lucas, and Amari Conner were arraigned on July 30, 2024, all before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Seth Steed. They were all remanded. Johnson and Lucas are due back in court on October 4, 2024. Conner is due back on August 15, 2024.
The nearly two-year investigation by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau and the NYPD Criminal Enterprise Investigation Section springboarded from a violent robbery on NYPD Officer Muhammed Chowdhury, who was off-duty and jogging in Castle Hill. Chowdhury was knocked to the ground during the robbery, and punched and kicked repeatedly, leaving him hospitalized for more than two weeks and sustaining life altering injuries. Three of the defendants in the 1300 indictment - Jordon Tzul, Oshawn Logan, and Matthew Pinnock - have pleaded guilty to first-degree Assault and additional charges in the Chowdhury assault. Two of them have been sentenced to seven years in prison and the third awaits sentencing.
The defendants--alleged members and associates of the 1300 Criminal Organization (purportedly named for 213th Street) carried out at six shootings in or near the Gun Hill section of the Bronx, and between April 2022 and September 2022, including the following incidents:
On April 12, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., one of the defendants boarded an MTA bus and is seen pursuing other people after getting off the bus. He allegedly opened fire several times on East 225 Street. One of the shots struck a 15-year-old girl in the leg as she got off the bus.
On April 26, 2022, at approximately 4:19 p.m., in the middle of a heavily crowded area in front of 3491 Baychester Avenue, one of the defendants allegedly opened fire at someone he was chasing.
On August 17, 2022, 13 of the defendants allegedly met at Matthew Pinnock’s residence before carrying out two drive-by retaliatory shootings against rival gang members. Four of the defendants allegedly left the home around midnight carrying at least three firearms to 3326 Fish Avenue where they shot at the residence multiple times. These four defendants then proceeded to a location on Crotona Avenue and shot at someone.
On August 23, 2022, at approximately 4:15 p.m., five defendants believed an opposition rival gang member was near one of their homes. The defendants allegedly went to Grote Street and Prospect Avenue where they believed rival gang members were and started shooting. A 73-year-old woman was struck by a bullet in her left leg as she sat outside a building and suffered life-altering injuries.
On August 27, 2022, one of the defendants was attending a candlelight vigil for a murder victim at the Parkside Houses. Upon seeing a rival gang member, he allegedly shot at that person and threw his gun away. He was caught after a foot pursuit.
A second, 30 count indictment charges two defendants, Isaac Garcia and Kyshawn Johnson with second-degree Conspiracy, first-degree Criminal Use of a Firearm, four counts of second-degree Attempted Murder, second-degree Criminal Use of a Firearm, eight counts of Attempted Assault in the first-degree, two counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, four counts of second-degree Assault, first-degree Reckless Endangerment, fourthdegree Conspiracy, four counts of Attempted Assault in the second-degree, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, and second-degree Reckless Endangerment.
Garcia was arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Seth Steed on July 30, 2024, and remanded. The defendant is due back in court on August 5, 2024. Johnson was arraigned and remanded on the previous indictment. According to the indictment on September 9, 2022, Isaac Garcia, 19, allegedly got into a fight with a rival gang member after school. The defendant allegedly communicated with Kyshawn Johnson, 23, and instructed him to get a gun from an apartment on Fish Avenue.
Garcia then allegedly retrieved the firearm from Johnson, went to the Pelham Parkway Houses and allegedly fired at least 13 times into a crowd. Four innocent bystanders were shot.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Jacob Gianelli, Lieutenant Benjamin Nelson, Inspector Osvaldo Nunez, and Captain Romaine Wilson of the Criminal Enterprise Investigation Section, along with members of the 47 and 49 Precincts and School Safety Officers who assisted with these investigations. Additional thanks to Detective Kyle Keiser of the 49 Precinct Detective Squad, NYPD Officer Christopher Multari of the Evidence Collection Team, Jonathan Ortiz of the NYPD’s Tapes and Records Unit, and Luis Santiago of NYCHA for their work on the case resulting in the second indictment.
Defendants (Indictment 73209-24) Oshawn Logan, 20, aka "SDOT" (Bronx) Jordon Tzul, 18, aka "JO" (Bronx) Matthew Pinnock 18 aka "BREEZO" (Bronx) Kyshawn Johnson, 23, aka "KAY BZZ” (Bronx) Dreshawn Lucas, 20, aka "DRE LU" (Bronx) Jermaine Mitchell, 21, aka "CEEJAY” (Bronx) Jerrell Mitchell, 18, aka "RELLY” (Bronx) Kimberly Pinnock, 23, aka "KIMMY" (Bronx) Ishmail Conteh, 18 aka "MOE" (Bronx) Justin Warren, 20, aka "JD” (Mount Vernon) Kimani Crawley, 20, aka "MANI" (Bronx) Amari Conner, 18, aka “AMIRI" (Bronx) Darya Campbell, 25 (Bronx) J.M, 17, (Bronx) Defendants (Indictment 73215-24) Isaac Garcia, 19, aka “Izzy” (Bronx) Kyshawn Johnson, 23, aka "KAY BZZ” (Bronx)
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