Service For Slain Brentwood Teens Scheduled

Funeral services for the two Brentwood teens who were recently found dead have been planned for this week.

Visitation for Brentwood High School Ross Center students 15-year-old Nisa Mickens and 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Both girls were found dead near Stahley Street and Ray Court in Brentwood on September 13.

Residents can pay respects to Mickens at the Rose’s Funeral Home on 1705 5th Avenue in Bay Shorefrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A cremation will follow.

Visitation for Cuevas will take place on both Wednesday and Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Michael J. Grant Funeral Home on 571 Suffolk Avenue in Brentwood.

On Tuesday night, a total of 200 local residents gathered at a 3-hour long community forum at South Middle School to discuss gang-violence in the community.

At the forum, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that the county will be spending $500,000 for gang prevention programs at local elementary schools.

Police have not released additional details of the investigation at the forum but they believe there might possibly be a connection between the murders and the MS-13 street gang.

However, police did say that both officers and the community need to come together to help solve the problem.

"It's not me, it's not you, it's us. To come together and make sure this does not happen again," Officer Edward Groce, Suffolk County Police said according to ABC7.

Police, parents, and school officials spent the night working on a plan to decrease the amount of gang activity.

"We need to protect our children, we need to be vigilant. It shouldn't take such an egregious and heinous crime for us to come together," Mauricio Ramirez, a resident and parent told ABC7.