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Officials say five "young" alleged members of "Los Diablos 42," a subset of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, were arrested in connection to the attack. FOX 5 NY's Briell Tomasetti has the details.
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while a group of teenagers wanted in connection with an attack on NYPD officers in Times Square
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Police say the teenagers are part of a gang, some of them very young
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Briella Tomasetti in Times Square this morning. What's going on? Yeah, Rosanna and Kirk, good morning to both of you
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So this gang is a Times Square gang known as Diablo Cela 42
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Essentially, it's a subset of the really dangerous Venezuelan gang, Trente Aragua
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that police are always talking about, especially here in the city. Five of those teens who attacked that pair of officers are now under arrest, but police are still looking for at least three more
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It's horrific enough to be a victim of a crime. But when someone openly assaults a police officer, you are attacking our symbol of safety and it cannot be tolerated
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At around 7.30 last Friday, police officers were assigned to a foot post in the vicinity of 42nd
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Street and 8th Avenue. Surveillance video shows the moment 10 to 12 teens ambushed three victims
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in what Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described as a Wolfpack-style robbery. A pair of officers can
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be seen running in their direction and trying to break it up. At that point, she says they were
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pelted with scooters, basketballs, and other makeshift weapons before the teens ran off
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At least five of the suspects were listed in the NYPD gang database and arrested the next day All of them according to Tisch are repeat offenders and tied to citywide robbery patterns
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Make no mistake, this is not low-level crime. It's organized violence carried out by gang members that we've already taken off the streets for preying on New Yorkers
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It's what happens when repeat offenders are allowed to cycle through arrest after arrest without meaningful accountability
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It's what happens when there are no real consequences. NYPD Crimestoppers released this photo of the three additional teens they're looking for
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one in a black hoodie, ripped jeans and yellow sneakers, another in a camouflage hoodie and jeans
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and a third dressed in all black wearing a ski mask. The NYPD is also conducting an internal investigation after ICE agents showed up at a precinct
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where one of the suspects was being held, but they were turned away. Under New York City sanctuary laws, the department is barred from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration enforcement
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Now, police believe that some of these teens were connected to a wave of robberies in Central Park last summer
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They face serious charges now, including attempted felony assault, citing a riot and reckless endangerment
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Neither cop, by the way, was seriously harmed. But Jessica Tisch, the police commissioner, says more charges could be on the way
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And again, police still looking for three more suspects whose photos we just showed you
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For now, we're live here, though, in Times Square. Kurt and Rosanna, back to you. OK, thank you, Brella
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