Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\nThe shooting erupted around 10:30 p.m. during a family barbecue in the courtyard of a residential building near Surf Avenue and West 30th Street, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Smith tried to fire into the crowd, but his gun jammed.<\/p>\n
Blunt then allegedly helped clear the weapon, allowing Smith to fire about 15 shots into the gathering, according to the Brooklyn DA’s Office.<\/p>\n
Four boys \u2014 ages 6, 7, 12 and 14 \u2014 and four adults, ages 21, 25, 33 and 37, suffered gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old woman initially remained in critical condition while the other victims were listed in stable condition, the report stated. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Sky, a 10-week-old puppy, was struck in the head and killed during the shooting.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Smith on July 8, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Authorities later arrested Blunt.<\/p>\n
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted the men on 88 counts, including multiple counts of attempted murder, assault, criminal possession and use of a firearm, and endangering the welfare of a child.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez described the alleged attack as “a barrage of gunfire into a courtyard packed with families celebrating the Fourth of July.”<\/p>\n
“The fact that no person was killed is extraordinary, but it does not diminish the alleged recklessness and brutality of this attack,” Gonzalez said. <\/p>\n
Smith was arraigned Wednesday and is scheduled to return to court Oct. 14.<\/p>\n
Blunt was arraigned Aug. 3 and is scheduled to return Aug. 19.<\/p>\n
A judge ordered both men held without bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, NY\u2014 Two Coney Island men face attempted murder charges in connection with a July 4 shooting that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-320959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320959","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=320959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}