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The Cliffton in Patchogue is facing potential penalties for creating a betting pool allowing patrons to pick whether NYC or Chicago will have the most shootings over the Labor Day weekend. Credit: James Carbone
Hells Angels Accused in Brazen Killing of Rival Biker Gang Leader
The execution-style slaying was retribution for an earlier attack on the Hells Angels clubhouse in the Bronx, the police said.
The Hells Angels headquarters on Longstreet Avenue in the Throgs Neck neighborhood of the Bronx on Wednesday.Credit...Desiree Rios for The New York Times
Two beefy men in black T-shirts come through a gate onto a residential block in the Bronx, one after another. It is a quiet May afternoon. As they cross the street, the front doors of a Jeep Cherokee parked nearby open.
Two men in dark hoodies get out from either side, lift pistols and begin shooting. The gunmen chase one of the fleeing men in black down the block, firing until he falls to the ground, and after as well. Then they head back toward the S.U.V. and leave.
The victim of the execution-style killing, which was captured on a security camera, was a local building superintendent named Frank Rosado, who, according to the police, was also the leader of the Bronx chapter of the Pagans motorcycle gang.
On Wednesday, two members of a rival gang, the Hells Angels, and a third man were charged in the brazen slaying, which officials said was retribution for the Pagans shooting up a Bronx building the Angels moved into last year after they sold their longtime Manhattan clubhouse.
That shooting, on Jan. 2, was meant as the opposite of a friendly welcome, the police said.
“The Hells Angels moved from Manhattan to the Bronx,” Lt. William S. O’Toole, the commander of the Police Department’s Bronx Homicide Squad said. “So the Pagans want to show them, ‘We’re the Bronx Pagans. We’re the motorcycle club.’”
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An image from surveillance video footage captured two gunmen carrying out an execution-style killing in the Bronx. Credit...New York Police Department
The attack on the Angels’ new headquarters — a former American Legion hall in the Throgs Neck section — rattled the neighborhood. The hail of gunfire was the first sign for many local residents that the infamous biker gang, which has a history of crime and violence, was moving in, the district manager of the local community board said on Wednesday.
“We were hoping they would be good neighbors,” the district manager, Matthew Cruz, said. The shooting, he added, indicated that the club would not be “a welcome addition” to the area.
The Angels soon began plotting their revenge, Lieutenant O’Toole said. Five months later, on May 2, Mr. Rosado, 51, the reputed Pagans leader, was gunned down at 3:20 p.m. on Holland Avenue in the Allerton section, near the Mace Avenue apartment building where he lived and was the super.
On Tuesday, the police arrested Frank T
A Patchogue bar is facing harsh criticism from state and local leaders and potential loss of its liquor license after taking bets on whether New York City or Chicago will have the most shooting deaths over the Labor Day weekend.
The Super Bowl-style box was posted on Instagram last week by The Cliffton, a self-professed "dive bar" on East Main Street.
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