McKillville Gang Indicted: 19 Members Charged in Bronx Turf War, 4 Bystanders Shot

A 28-year-old ringleader directed teen gang members as young as 14 in a yearlong South Bronx shooting spree. Nineteen alleged members now face charges including attempted murder.

McKillville Gang Boss Directed Teens as Young as 14 to Shoot Rivals in South Bronx

Tyreik "Tubby" Seth, a 28-year-old reputed leader of the "McKillville" gang, directed members as young as 14 to carry out shootings across a working-class Bronx neighborhood for nearly a year, Bronx prosecutors announced Monday. NY Post Metro reports that 19 alleged gang members now face charges including conspiracy, attempted murder, assault, and weapons offenses tied to a dozen shootings.

The indictment, unsealed Monday, follows an operation run jointly by the Bronx District Attorney's Office and the NYPD. Prosecutors said the gang's campaign of violence ran from May 2025 through April, with members coordinating attacks via Instagram messages and text threads.

"These defendants were from 14- to 17-year-old boys who were urged on by men to elevate themselves in the gangs by committing attempted murders and assaults," Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark told reporters at a press conference Monday.

Seth, described as operating out of the McKinney Houses, allegedly ordered his crew to shoot rivals as a condition of advancing within the gang's ranks. "The 28-year-old leader of the McKillville gang out of the McKinney Houses ordered his [gang] to shoot rivals, to be risk-takers," Clark said. "And they did so to be elevated in the game and to win their leader's favor."

Seven of the indicted gang members were 17 at the time charges were filed; three were 15, and one was 14, the DA said. Many split their time across four different gangs to carry out 13 attacks that left four bystanders wounded. Investigators recovered 11 firearms during the operation.

Videos posted to Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms showed the teens openly bragging about the shootings. In one incident captured on surveillance footage, a mother threw herself on top of her young son to shield him from stray bullets as the boy burst into tears.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement: "These defendants turned communities in the South Bronx into their violent playground by shooting at rivals, injuring four innocent bystanders and placing New Yorkers at risk while shamelessly taking credit for it on social media."

Clark used the announcement to criticize New York's "Raise the Age" law, which lifted the age of criminal responsibility to 18. "The youth justice system, quite frankly, is broken, and the kids who enter into it were damaged long ago," she said. "They had no guidance, they hadn't been any resources. They want jobs, mental health assistance. They want things to do like sports or art, or music, or technology."

Source: NY Post Metro