23 Of NYC's 'Most Dangerous' Gang Members Indicted

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: (AUDIO OMITTED) The NYPD displays confiscated handguns/pistols as Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, announces the takedown of 23 most violent gang members in the borough of Queens on February 14, 2023 in New York City. The two-year investigation into gang violence led to the indictments of 23 alleged members of warring subsets of the Crips street gang. The gang violence took place in and around two Queens public housing developments in the affordable low-income housing projects of the Astoria Houses and the Woodside Houses. The take down was carried out by the NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression Unit, began after 37-year-old mother of two Gudelia Vallinas was shot dead while on her way to purchase milk for her children. The event took place at the Queens County Criminal Court. (Footage by Tomas Abad/Getty Images)