Authorities in New York have charged 16 people in a massive gun violence takedown in East Harlem.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg says the 16 people involved in 21 shootings centered around retribution violence between two rival gangs about a year ago stemming from a double homicide. Bragg says a the homicides led to 21 shootings between March and September of last year in East Harlem.
"Bullets flying everywhere, on crowded street corners, near innocent bystanders, at playgrounds, near children, through the windows of a NYCA lobby."
Bragg alleges the gang members operated out of Lehman and Johnson Houses.