Cops: Another gang member arrested for last month’s shooting
Southold Town police arrested a fifth person in connection with an Oct. 14 gang shooting in Southold.
Albino Dejesus Medina, 20, of Bay Shore was charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Police said Mr. Medina is a member of the MS-13 street gang.
Mr. Medina was taken into custody with the assistance of U.S. Marshals, the NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Riverhead police. He was brought into Southold Town Court for arraignment Thursday morning. He requested a lawyer and the arraignment was pushed back to Friday.
At an arraignment for three of the original men arrested for the shooting last month, prosecutors had noted a fifth man was still being sought in the attack.
The first four men arrested were: Pedro Emilio Santamaria, 31 of Greenport; Jeremias Nathanael Recinos Torres, 19, of Aquebogue; Freddie Fernando Torres Campos, 16, of Southold and Walter Vasquez, 17, of Greenport, who all allegedly took part in an attack that left two men shot. They’ve all been indicted and arraigned on violent felony charges of assault and gang assault.
One of those men was shot multiple and also slashed with a machete. One of the alleged assailants, Mr. Vasquez, was also shot by friendly fire, police have said.
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