New York Daily News

Coney Island crew member linked to hit

- Andrew Keshner

BROOKLYN FEDERAL prosecutor­s say they’ve collared a violent Coney Island gang member for his alleged role in a 2010 double murder.

Nabiu Mansaray was one of the people allegedy linked to the hit on two members of the “Thirty-O” gang, according to an indictment. The victims were gunned down while sitting in their car after they left a Manhattan nightclub.

Mansaray is getting roped into a 2016 indictment with Frank Smith, 32, who’s another reputed member of the gang. Smith’s case is pending.

The crews — with names like “Rival Impact” and the “Mermaid Boys” — used drug dealing and violence to keep a grip on their turf between 2000 and 2014, prosecutor­s say.

Mansaray, 33, was arrested last month in Maryland. He was remanded after his Thursday arraignmen­t in Brooklyn federal court. Mansaray faces charges including racketeeri­ng, murder in aid of racketeeri­ng and drug traffickin­g.

The charges make Mansaray eligible for the death penalty, but prosecutor­s would first have to opt to make it a capital case.

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