Queens Gang War - Snow Gang vs Wood City - The Shawny Binladen Chain Snatching

Wood City (makk ballas) has been feuding with the SNOW Gang (gorilla stone bloods) for many years. The FBI has been conducting an investigation of Wood City. Based on information provided by a cooperating witness (“CW-1”)2 and a confidential source (“CS-1”),3 (a) Wood City members frequently associate with the Bloods street gang and many Wood City members are also members of the Bloods street gang; (b)Wood City members also refer to themselves as the “Yellow Tape Boyz,” and use the “Yellow Tape Boyz” and “YTB” names in music videos, music, and social media to promote the gang and its members; and (c) Wood City operates in the vicinity of Woodhull Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York. on August 26, 2019, CHRISTOPHER ACEVEDO, a member of Wood City street, shot and killed David Hutchison, a member of the rival SNOW Gang, in retaliation for SNOW Gang members having stolen a chain from prominent Wood City member and recording artist, shawny bin laden. SNOW Gang taunted Shawny bin laden and others after the robbery of the chain in social media postings. based on information provided by CS-1 and law enforcement’s investigation, CHRISTOPHER ACEVEDO was an original member of Wood City. CW-1 and CS-1 have advised that christopher goes by the street name “Essay. CS-1 has advised that essay is the leader of Wood City and that shawny bin laden, has held the position of second in command. CS-1 advised that essay had been incarcerated for a significant period of time prior to the events described herein, and that during that time period, another Wood City member was in charge of the gang. As for essay, he is pictured in multiple social media postings, including in a video posted on You Tube, holding his fingers in the shape of the letter “W.. the “W” refers to Wood City. on or about June 11, 2019, Shawny bin laden posted a picture of himself wearing a gold chain with the letters “YTB” and used the yellow-and-black striped barricade emoji on the post. Based on information provided by CW-1 and CS-1, on or about August 26, 2019, at approximately 12:00 p.m., multiple members of the SNOW Gang whose identities are known to the affiant (including “SNOW Gang Member 1” and “SNOW Gang Member 2”), went to a recording studio in Hillside, Queens, and stole a gold chain with the letters “YTB” (the “YTB Chain”) from Shawny bin laden. CW-1 and CS-1 advised that on the day of David Hutchinson’s homicide, they each saw video posted on social media by SNOW Gang members boasting about the SNOW Gang having taken a chain that belonged to Shawny bin laden. surveillance video from the exterior of the recording studio, where Shawny bin laden was located, appears to show two SNOW Gang Members chasing him.