An infamous Venezuelan gang may have a connection to the tragic shooting that occurred outside a migrant shelter in New York City on Sunday.
One asylum seeker was killed, and another was critically injured in gunfire near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. According to authorities, the violence is the result of a long-running conflict between the street gang and a group that split off from them.
Witnesses and law enforcement sources have identified a 21-year-old Venezuelan man named Enny De Jesus as the deceased killed outside a shelter at 29 Ryerson St. at around 11 p.m. on Sunday.
This adds to the fire of a turf war between competing migrant gangs.
A man, 59 years old, who had just come to the refuge, was seriously wounded in the incident.
According to eyewitnesses, the second man was just a passerby; horrific footage shows him lying on the pavement, blood pouring from his skull.
Two males matching the description of the shooters were involved in a scooter accident near Park Avenue and Taffee Place barely ten minutes after the shooting, at which point police arrested an individual they were considering as a suspect.
The injured man was apprehended at the scene of the accident, while another suspect, who was donning a unique pink shirt, fled the scene and is still at large.
Multiple bullets struck De Jesus outside the shelter. Police theorize he was the intended target of the assailants. Authorities have reason to suspect that the shooting was orchestrated by the Venezuelan group Tren de Aragua. According to reliable sources, the opposing crew was mainly comprised of ex-members of the gang.
The city has been plagued by armed criminals who ride scooters and commit snatch-and-run robberies and brutal attacks across all five boroughs, according to investigators.
De Jesus had been kicked out of the enormous tent city on Randall’s Island, where migrants live, for getting into a fight with another asylum applicant.
Tren de Aragua has been involved in a number of illegal acts in New York City, including armed robberies and violent assaults.
The city opened the Ryerson Street shelter in April, which can accommodate up to 765 adult migrants living alone.
