Silive
July 20, 2015
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A Clifton man who allegedly shot a reputed Bloods-affiliated gang member in Stapleton last month was arrested on assault and weapons charges late Tuesday night, police said.
Corey Mills, 26, a resident of the Park Hill Apartments, shot Tombstone Gangstas member Raymond Banks in the left hand during an argument on Metcalfe Street on the night of June 28, according to charging documents.
The bullet also grazed Banks’ thigh, causing an abrasion to his leg, the criminal complaint states.
The victim, who is an acquaintance of Mills, is also currently locked up. He was recently charged with assault as a hate crime and gang assault for taking part in an attack on a white man in Stapleton, according to complaints filed in Stapleton Criminal Court.
Banks, 22, of Port Richmond, was part of a group that attacked the 28-year-old white victim on Targee Street between Laurel and Vanderbilt avenues on June 19, police allege.
“You white piece of (expletive)! You white cracker! You’re in the wrong neighborhood!” the group yelled as they beat the man and pelted him with garbage and debris, according to complaints filed in Stapleton Criminal Court.
Both Mills and Banks are jailed at Rikers Island.