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Two more arrested in connection to gang-related slaying of Bronx teen
The suspects — 19 and 16 — were arrested in connection to the shooting death of Ramon Gil-Medrano in Mount Hope on July 11, in a retaliatory hit.
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Two more arrested in connection to gang-related slaying of Bronx teen
By
Amanda Woods
September 24, 2021 10:11am
Updated
Two more teens have been busted in connection to the revenge killing of a 16-year-old boy in the Bronx — part of a “major gang war” in the borough over the summer, cops said Friday.The suspects — 19 and 16 — were arrested in connection to the shooting death of Ramon Gil-Medrano in Mount Hope on July 11, in a retaliatory hit for the slaying of a 13-year-old rival gang member, Jaryan Elliot, hours earlier, police said.
Hasib Cutts, 19, was busted inside a Bronx apartment building Aug. 19, and has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal posession of a firearm, police said.
Weeks later, a 16-year-old boy, whose name has not been released because of his age, was picked up early Sept. 10 at LaGuardia Airport, after he was extradited from South Carolina, authorities said.
He was hit with the same charges, in addition to criminal possession of a loaded firearm, cops said.
Two other suspects were previously charged in connection to Gil-Medrano’s murder, police said.
A 15-year-old suspect, identified in court records as Alec McFarlane, was arrested in Queens July 17 and charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police sources told The Post.
Ramon Gil-Medrano was killed in a retaliatory gang act.Surveillance video shows him as a shooter, sources said at the time.
Fewer than two hours later, police busted Mehki Williams, 19, in The Bronx and accused him of being an accomplice in Gil-Medrano’s death, the sources said.
Williams was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree gang assault, first- and second-degree conspiracy, first-degree reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, police said.
Williams was driving a scooter with a gun-toting McFarlane behind him when they zipped up to the scene on East 178th Street — with the younger teen opening fire, according to a Bronx court affidavit.