A baby-faced street gang run by a 28-year-old ringleader terrorized a working-class Bronx neighborhood for months, turning it into a shooting gallery that left innocent bystanders wounded, prosecutors said Monday.<\/p>\n
Tyreik \u201cTubby\u201d Seth, the reputed boss of the \u201cMcKillville\u201d gang, ordered gangbangers as young as 14 to shoot up the borough during a year-long turf war with rivals out of a local housing project, Bronx prosecutors said as they announced charges against 19 reputed gang members.<\/p>\n
Reputed gangbanger Miguel Rucker, 18, shows off his loot. Instagram\/Miguel Rucker<\/p>\n
\u201cThese defendants were from 14- to 17-year-old boys who were urged on by men to elevate themselves in the gangs by committing attempted murders and assaults,\u201d Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark told reporters at a press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 28-year-old leader of the McKillville gang out of the McKinney Houses ordered his [gang] to shoot rivals, to be risk-takers,\u201d Clark said. \u201cAnd they did so to be elevated in the game and to win their leader\u2019s favor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gang\u2019s reign of terror ran from May 2025 through April, with crew members plotting shootings on Instagram or through text messages, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Nasir Campbel (aka Naz DTH) writes \u201cFree me\u201d on Instagram in a photo posted on June 29, 2026 Instagram\/Naz Dth<\/p>\n
Rucker is one of 19 reputed Bronx gang members indicted by the Bronx DA\u2019s Office. YouTube\/Mdot 59<\/p>\n
Videos posted on Instagram, YouTube and other apps showed the teens bragging about their alleged exploits.<\/p>\n
The indictment unsealed Monday charges the 19 reputed gang members with conspiracy, attempted murder, assault and weapons tied to a dozen shootings. Seven of the gangbangers were 17 at the time they were indicted, while three were 15 and one was 14, the DA said.<\/p>\n
Kaliph Hamlet (aka K DOT B) in custody. Instagram\/kdotb<\/p>\n
Alleged Bronx gang member Tyreik Seth, also known as Tubby. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said 11 guns were recovered in the operation. <\/p>\n
Many of the teen gang members split their time with four different gangs to pull off 13 hits that left four bystanders wounded, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Miguel Rucker (M DOT 59) and Nasir Campbel (Naz DTH) in a music video. YouTube\/Mdot 59<\/p>\n
This colorful gun is one of 11 seized by the Bronx DA and NYPD in the takedown of the McKillville gang. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post<\/p>\n
In one brazen shooting captured on surveillance footage, a mom is seen throwing her body on top of her young son to shield him from the stray bullets as the terrified boy bursts into tears.<\/p>\n
The operation was a joint effort that involved the DA\u2019s Office and the NYPD.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese defendants turned communities in the South Bronx into their violent playground by shooting at rivals, injuring four innocent bystanders and placing New Yorkers at risk while shamelessly taking credit for it on social media,\u201d NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement. <\/p>\n
Operation Red Zone charges 19 reputed gang members with wounding four bystanders in The Bronx. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said the take down of the gang will keep the borough safer. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Clark slammed the state\u2019s lax \u201cRaise the Age<\/a>\u201d statute, which raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18, giving hardened criminals kid-gloves treatment in court<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe youth justice system, quite frankly, is broken, and the kids who enter into it were damaged long ago,\u201d she said. \u201cThey had no guidance, they hadn\u2019t been any resources. They want jobs, mental health assistance. They want things to do like sports or art, or music, or technology.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A baby-faced street gang run by a 28-year-old ringleader terrorized a working-class Bronx neighborhood for months, turning it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,10426,6809,57,9,24,63,3980,4730,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-281563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-darcel-clark","tag-gangs","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-shootings","tag-teens","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}