Crime & Safety
Suspect Charged In Fatal Lafayette Gardens Shooting: Cops
A 24-year-old was charged Monday in the September shooting, which killed one and injured two. Cops are still looking for a second gunman.
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — One of two suspects has been charged in a September shooting that left one man dead and two others injured, police said this week.
Alexander Williams, 24, was arrested Monday, more than three months after the shooting erupted at the Lafayette Gardens Houses in Bed-Stuy.
Two men were caught on surveillance video leaning over a rail outside the housing complex on Sept. 10 and firing at a group standing on the sidewalk below, according to police and video.
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The shooting would injure two men and kill 24-year-old Tylee Felder, who was shot in the head and died in the hospital a day later, police said. The other two men — a 24-year-old who was shot in the chest and a 23-year-old who was shot in the leg — were taken to the hopsital in stable condition, cops said.
Williams was charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
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Police did not specify which of the two gunmen he is in the video.
The investigation is ongoing, they said.
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