BY BEN VERDE
Two alleged gang members
have been charged in the shooting
death of 1-year-old Davelll
Gardner, Brooklyn District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez and
NYPD Commissioner Dermot
Shea announced on May 6.
The defendants were
charged as part of a 63-count indictment
that names 18 alleged
members of the Hoolies Gang
for a multitude of fatal and nonfatal
shootings in Brooklyn between
2018 and 2020.
“Insidious gang violence
as we allege in this case has
taken and traumatized far too
many lives, including many
innocents such as Davell
Gardner – a bright and loved
baby boy with his whole life
ahead of him,” said Gonzalez.
“I am committed to working
with the New York City Police
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Department to focus on the
most violent offenders who we
allege drive most of the violent
crime in Brooklyn to keep our
communities safe and bring
justice to the many victims
who they have harmed.”
Gardner was shot and
killed while attending a barbecue
outside Raymond Bush
Playground on Madison Street
in Bedford-Stuyvesant on July
12, 2020. The 1-year-old child
was shot in the stomach after
two gunmen hopped out of an
SUV and fi red on the gathering,
injuring four other bystanders,
who survived.
The killing rattled an already
traumatized city, as it
dealt with an ongoing increase
in gun violence while recovering
from the worst days of the
coronavirus pandemic.
The District Attorney alleges
The 1-year-old was shot to death in his stroller with four others at a barbecue in Bedford-Stuyvesant on July 12.
Photo by Todd Maisel
DaShawn Austin, 25, of
Canarsie, and a second shooter
whose name has not yet been
specifi ed are responsible for
the death of Gardner.
Austin is an alleged member
of the Hoolies, who the DA’s
offi ce says is at war with their
rivals the 900 Gang in and
around the Roosevelt Housing
Development in Bedford-
Stuyvesant. The shootings
are suspected to have been set
off by a December 2018 shooting
of two Hoolie members by
a 900 member, which set of a
series of bloody retaliatory
shootings, which saw at least
seven innocent bystanders
take bullets
The defendants each face
up to 25 years to life in prison
for the charges, which include
murder, conspiracy to commit
murder and to possess weapons,
attempted murder and
other charges.
“These defendants, by their
alleged actions, were willing
to kill rivals or even fellow
gang members and do so without
regard for innocent people
caught in the crossfi re,” said
Shea. “This violence has to
stop and cases like these are
only made more solid when
NYPD detectives and Assistant
District Attorneys work
hand-in-glove to build them
from the beginning.”
In the wake of the child’s
death, locals gathered to plead
for unity, and city offi cials
called for structural change.
“I am asking for unity,”
said local resident Robin
Lyve, who lost her son to gun
violence in September 2005.
“We will weed out the civilians
who feel the need to kill a
1-year-old.”
BUSTED!
Two suspects charged for
murder of 1-year-old Davell
Gardner, shot at Bed-Stuy BBQ
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