6.13.2011

19-Year-Old Arrested For Brighton Beach Shooting

Police have arrested a 19-year-old Brooklyn man in connection with last week's fatal shooting on Brighton Beach. Iloune Driver has beencharged with second-degree murder and assault with intent to cause serious physical injury for the violence that left 16-year-old Tysha Jones dead and four others injured.
Police believe the gunfire was the result of an earlier scuffle on the beach involving a man being hit on the head with a bottle and one being struck with a beach umbrella on the crowded patch of sand. It is believed that there were two people firing on Thursday, though it is unclear at whom they were firing. "It may turn out that the shooters have a gang affiliation," the police say, though they don't know for sure if Driver is a member of any gang.
Jones's still-grieving parents were unmoved by the announcement of the arrest. "It still ain’t gonna bring my child back, it ain’t gonna bring her back,” Cynthia Jones, the girl’s mother, said to CBS of the arrest. “I just want to have my day with him. I’m going to be at his trial, I’m going to do all of that.gothamist

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