"For the first time Wednesday, prosecutors also released security camera footage of the chaotic gunfight, which unfolded Aug. 17 inside the Taste of City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The video showed patrons scrambling for cover as bullets ricocheted across the densely-packed club, with at least 40 shots fired from five guns, prosecutors said. Among the shooters was Elijah Roy, a 25-year-old gang member who arrived at the club with several associates, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday."
"At around 3:30 a.m., one of those associates, Marvin St. Louis, 19, began taunting a rival gang member, Jamel Childs, 35, authorities said. The confrontation quickly escalated with, authorities said, St. Louis shooting at Childs, who returned fire. Both St. Louis and St. Louis were killed in the shoot-out, as was another man, 27-year-old Amadou Diallo, who is believed to have been a bystander."
"After ducking under a table, Roy fired two shots, according to prosecutors. It was unclear if those shots hit anyone. He is accused of violent assault in aid of racketeering and illegal possession of ammunition. Mehdi Essmidi, an attorney for Roy, did not respond to a voice message. Prosecutors described Roy and St. Louis as members of the 5-9 Brims, a subset of the Bloods."
On Aug. 17, a gunfight erupted inside the Taste of City Lounge in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, leaving three dead and 10 injured. Security footage shows patrons scrambling as at least 40 shots were fired from five guns. Marvin St. Louis began taunting rival Jamel Childs, the confrontation escalated into mutual gunfire; both were killed, along with bystander Amadou Diallo. Elijah Roy is accused of firing two shots and faces charges including violent assault in aid of racketeering and illegal possession of ammunition. Roy was arrested in North Carolina carrying $7,000 and was arraigned and held without bail. Prosecutors identified gang affiliations on both sides.
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