New York Daily News

New gun bust for drill rap figure C Blu

- BY ROCCO PARASCANDO­LA AND THOMAS TRACY

Teen Bronx drill rapper C Blu, who managed to skirt criminal charges in a police shooting earlier this year, has been arrested for gun possession, cops said Wednesday.

Cops arrested 17-year-old Camrin “C Blu” Williams after allegedly finding a gun in his possession near Garden St. and Crotona Ave. in Belmont, two blocks from the Bronx Zoo, about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Police say they recovered a 9-mm. handgun with one round in the chamber and 11 rounds in the magazine.

Williams’ arraignmen­t on weapon possession charges was pending Wednesday.

He was released from custody in late March after city lawyers continued to drag their feet on whether to charge the teen for a police shooting in January that outraged Mayor Adams.

Family Court Judge Gayle Roberts allowed the rapper to head home following more than a month in custody in a facility where he was permitted to only leave on weekends to visit his family.

Williams was arrested in January after a gun he was carrying went off as cops searched him. Both Williams and a police officer were struck.

Critics of the the state’s bail laws cited the case. Williams was released on $250,000 bail shortly after the shooting, prompting Adams to blast judges’ inability under state law to consider dangerousn­ess when setting bail. Adams also criticized drill rap for fueling deadly gang beefs.

Police initially said the teen rapper was part of a “disorderly crowd” and that he refused orders to take his hands out of his pockets before the shooting.

But on March 8 Judge Naita Semaj slammed an arresting officer’s account as “incredible and unreliable” and said that body cam video showed Williams had actually done “everything you tell your child to do when they’re approached by cops.”

The judge moved the case from Bronx Supreme Court, where the “No Ozone” rapper had initially been charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon as an adult to family court.

As part of the terms of his release, Williams was not allowed to possess a firearm, use drugs, and also has to abide by a curfew — though he was allowed to stay out late to record music.

In May, the city Law Department quietly chose not to pursue the case and charged were dropped.

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