Defendants Allegedly Fired Dozens of Bullets in Haffen Park and Committed
Brazen Shooting on Allerton Avenue, Both Are Linked to Third Fatal Shooting;
Incidents Linked to 13 Other Shootings by Ballistics
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that 10 people have been
variously charged with Murder, Attempted Murder, and weapons charges for a series of
retaliatory shootings surrounding Labor Day weekend that left four people dead and seven
wounded.
District Attorney Clark said, “A total of 10 defendants, three of whom are under 18, are
charged in two mass shootings at summer’s end that killed three people, including 17-year-old
Anthonaya Campbell, and in a third shooting that claimed a man’s life. Nearly 60 shots were fired
in Haffen Park, and more than a dozen bullets flew on busy Allerton Avenue.
“We cannot and will not stand for such brazen violence and bloodshed in our communities.
Thirteen guns were recovered during the investigations, and some of the firearms are linked by
ballistics to 13 other incidents of gunfire. It is time for a concerted, precise and fierce effort with
the NYPD and our federal partners to stem the prolific weapons.”
Between August 23, 2025, and September 2, 2025, there were three deadly shootings in
the Bronx, two of them mass shootings in which five people were shot. NYPD Detectives from
the 47th, 48th, 49th Precinct Squads and Bronx Homicide investigating the shootings recovered 13
guns: ten 9-mm pistols, two .45-caliber pistols and a .380-caliber pistol. The NYPD Gun
Violence Suppression Division and Firearms Analysis Section tied five of the 13 guns to 13 other
incidents of gunfire throughout the Bronx and elsewhere in the city, as well as to a shooting in
Mount Vernon and one in South Carolina. Ballistics from Haffen Park are also tied to ballistic
evidence from eight other shootings.
District Attorney Clark said Davean Reyes, 20, a 17-year-old youth, and a 16-year-old youth were charged in one indictment with two counts of second-degree Murder, three counts of
Attempted Murder in the second degree, two counts of first-degree Manslaughter, and two counts
of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon. They have been arraigned and remanded.
Robert Royal, 25, was indicted separately for two counts of second-degree Criminal Possession
of a Weapon. He was arraigned October 2, 2025. Bail was continued at $200,000 cash/$200,000
bond/$200,000 partially secured bond at 10%.
According to the investigation, on August 23, 2025, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Reyes and
the two teens allegedly opened fire at a basketball tournament in Haffen Park in Baychester, and
people returned gunfire. Jaceil Blanks, 32, was shot in the torso and died. Anthonaya Campbell,
17, was shot in the head and died in the hospital on September 8, 2025. Additionally, a 30-yearold man was shot in the back, a 29-year-old woman was shot in the torso, lodging a bullet in her
lung, and a 42-year-old man was grazed in the hand. A total of 57 shots were fired during the
incident from 11 different guns; five firearms were recovered at the scene.
District Attorney Clark said Heron Martin, 21, Shamir Murray, 19, Kai Oulai, 19, Jose
Gomez, 18, and a 16-year-old youth were charged in an indictment with second-degree Murder.
The defendants were arraigned and remanded.
According to the investigation, on September 1, 2025, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Martin,
Murray, Oulai, Gomez, and a 16-year-old allegedly drove in a Honda Accord to 686 Allerton
Avenue. Four of the defendants allegedly exited the car and fired 13 times. Four of those shots
fatally struck Jamari Henry, 24, their intended target. Henry had been in Haffen Park on August
23, 2025. Four other men were each shot once, their wounds were not critical. The defendants got
back in the car and police pursued them. The defendants crashed their car into a vehicle and then
into a wall at Hone and Arnow Avenues. Five guns were recovered from this incident, including
a .45-caliber pistol equipped with a Glock switch that made it fully automatic.
District Attorney Clark said Desean Edwards, 22, was charged in an indictment with
second-degree Murder, first-degree Manslaughter, six counts of second-degree Criminal
Possession of a Weapon, two counts of third-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, three
counts of Criminal Possession of a Firearm, seven counts of fourth-degree Criminal Possession
of a Weapon, Prohibition of Unfinished Frames and Receivers, and Possession of Ammunition.
He was arraigned and was remanded.
According to the investigation, on September 2, 2025, in the early morning, near Allerton
Avenue and Bronx Park East, Edwards acting in concert with unapprehended others allegedly
shot Jontay Davis, 21, in the head. The defendant and his accomplices allegedly drove the
mortally wounded victim to Third Avenue near St. Barnabas Hospital in Belmont and left him
there. He later died in the hospital. Three guns were recovered related to this incident including
a ghost gun. The victim is the brother of one of the Allerton Avenue shooting victims.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives from the 47th, 48th, 49th Precinct Squads,
Bronx Homicide, the NYPD Gun Violence Suppression Division, the NYPD Firearms Analysis
Section, and NYPD Police Officers Jay Santos and Raymord. Nova for their work in the
investigations.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
