Two members of a Jersey City gang have been charged with the Jan. 9, 2019, shooting of two people and the attempted shooting of a third person, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
According to reports, Jalil Holmes, aka “Broadday,” 19, of East Orange, New Jersey, and Jakeem Gibson-Madison, aka “Beanz,” 24, of Jersey City, New Jersey, made their initial appearances today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk in Newark federal court. T
Officials say that they each are charged by complaint with three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering activity and three counts of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Holmes and Gibson-Madison are allegedly both members of a street gang known to operate in the area of the Marion Gardens Housing Complex in Jersey City.
Reports say that in retaliation for the December 2018 murder of a fellow gang member, Holmes and Gibson-Madison sought out individuals associated with a rival gang. They located a BMW automobile that Holmes believed was occupied by rival gang members.
Police say that while Gibson-Madison parked their car around the corner, Holmes approached the BMW, pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired multiple shots into the vehicle. One victim suffered three gunshot wounds to his back, a second victim suffered two gunshot wounds to his back, and the third victim was not hit.
Each count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering activity is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Each count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence carries a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison, which must run consecutively to any terms imposed on the other counts.