3 gang creeps charged in slay of woman who testified at trial
Three Brooklyn gangbangers were charged Monday with murdering a woman who dared testify against their crew.
Shatavia Walls was killed for describing, in a 2017 trial, being shot by members of the Loopy Gang, Brooklyn federal prosecutors charged. An affiliate of the Loopy crew, dubbed the Ninedee Gang, never forgot Walls’ testimony and exacted revenge last year, authorities say.
“It is our hope that today’s charges against members of the Ninedee Gang bring some solace to the family of Shatavia Walls as we seek justice for her senseless, cold-blooded murder,” Acting Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis said.
Walls’ decision to testify for the government haunted her for years. Flyers were posted around her East New York housing project, the Pink Houses, smearing her as “a rat,” according to an indictment.
She faced “significant witness intimidation,” prosecutors said.
On July 4 of last year she got into a fight with Ninedee Gang members Maliek Miller, 27, and Chayanne Fernandez, 21, prosecutors said. The argument began over fireworks — but escalated to Miller firing a shot into the air, calling her a “snitch,” according to an indictment.
Following the dispute, Miller, Fernandez and another Ninedee
Gang member, Quintin Green, allegedly began plotting to murder Walls.
Green and a “juvenile male” hatched their plan three days after the argument, prosecutors allege. The juvenile was not named in court papers.
The pair ambushed Walls as she walked along an outdoor path at the Pink Houses about 9:25 p.m., the feds said.
Green shot at Walls as she ran, prosecutors said. The juvenile attacker also allegedly opened fire. Walls was shot down on a pathway near Linden Blvd., prosecutors wrote.
A bystander was hit by a stray bullet as well.
Walls died 10 days later. Investigators matched one of the guns used to kill Walls with the gun Miller allegedly fired in the air on July 4.
Green, Miller and Fernandez are all charged with conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering. A fourth man, Kevin Wint, is accused of being an accessory after the fact to Walls’ slaying.
Wint, a reputed leader of the gang, allegedly boasted about the gang’s violence, weed dealing and other crimes in rap videos posted to YouTube.
The murder charges come as part of a takedown of the Ninedee Gang, which was based in the Pink Houses.
A lawyer for Miller declined to comment. It was not immediately clear who represented the other three men charged in the case.