31 ‘Bloods’ in LI busts

‘Killer’ gang offshoot

More than two dozen members of the notorious Bloodhound Brims gang have been indicted in connection to 18 shootings on Long Island — including the murder of an innocent elementary school teacher in front of her 10-year-old daughter, prosecutors said Thursday.

The 31 alleged gang members were charged in an 103-count indictment over 34 incidents dating back to August 2021 in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said.

One of the defendants, Oumar Barry, aka“Do lo ,” was charged for the fatal April 1, 2023, drive-by shooting of teacher Kimberly Midgette, 44 — whose car had been mistaken for that of a rival gang member in Hempstead, Tierney said.

Her 10-year-old daughter, who was in the back seat, was unharmed.

“Kimberly Midgette was a beloved elementary school teacher who was senselessly shot and killed,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. “Working with our law-enforcement partners, we indicted defendant Oumar Barry . . . for her murder.”

Eight defendants were arrested Wednesday while the other 23 were already behind bars, Tierney said.

Many of them are charged with conspiracy to commit murder. The charges also include three armed robberies, the possession of 12 illegal handguns and the possession and sale of narcotics across Long Island, prosecutors said.

The Bloodhound Brims are part of the larger New York Blood Brim Army — itself a subset of the nationwide Bloods gang, Tierney told reporters at a press conference Thursday.

The national leader, Latique “La Brim” Johnson, was in communication with Barry, the gang’s Nassau leader, and Suffolk head Jussiah Herbert while locked up in California on federal RICO convictions, prosecutors said.

Barry and Herbert ordered young members to carry out the shootings to “maintain fear and respect of the gang,” Tierney said.

“Bloodhound Brims has sets throughout all five boroughs and other areas of New York state including Long Island,” he said.