Folk Nation gang takedown: 22 indicted on 176 counts in 26 NYC shootings, N.Y. Gov. Hochul says

Twenty-two alleged members of the Folk Nation street gang face a 176-count indictment, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday.

The charges include conspiracy to commit murder, weapons possession and 33 other criminal acts related to 26 shootings across Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in 23 victims and one homicide.

The indictment follows a long-term investigation by the District Attorney’s Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau and the NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression Division…

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