Twenty-two alleged gang members are facing a litany of charges in connection to a number of shooting in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx as well as a beatdown in Rikers Island, according to prosecutors.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell jointly announced on Tuesday that 21 men and one teen—alleged members of the River Park Towers gang (RPT)—have been charged in a 65-count indictment with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and numerous other charges related to multiple shootings in and around the River Park Towers complex in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.
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