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Murder at the Parade Grounds

Murder at the Parade Grounds

NY Daily News reports this disturbing incident at the Parade Grounds:

Cops are hunting for a dozen suspected gang members in the savage assault of a Brooklyn teenager who died at the edge of Prospect Park, police said Saturday.

Roldanalonzo Castro, 18, was hit with a baseball bat and stabbed with a machete Friday afternoon near the Prospect Park Tennis Center on Parade Place, police said.

Castro, who was walking hand in hand with his girlfriend when he was ambushed, could not be revived at Kings County Hospital.

Investigators believe Castro, a member of the Dominicans Don't Play gang, was targeted for revenge by members of the Crips and Patrias, police sources said.

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