Wowdy HBTL was charged with homicide after a Bronx basketball courtroom taking pictures left one man lifeless and a teenage woman in essential situation.

Bronx drill rapper Wowdy HBTL was charged with homicide and tried homicide after a back-to-school basketball match within the Bronx turned lethal.

Gunfire erupted at Heaton Park on Sunday (August 24), killing one man and injuring 4 others, together with a teenage woman shot within the face, who was left combating for her life.

The 25-year-old rapper, whose actual identify is Robert Royal, was arraigned Monday (August 25) in Bronx Criminal Court alongside 20-year-old Daeven Reyes. Both have been ordered held with out bail.

Two youngsters, 17-year-old Messiah Hugie and 16-year-old Ny’Zay Wigfall, have been additionally charged within the case.

Royal and Reyes face counts of homicide, tried homicide, gang assault and prison possession of a weapon. The teenagers have been additionally hit with homicide costs.

According to police, a number of shooters opened fireplace on the crowded basketball courtroom, hanging 5 individuals.

Among the victims was 32-year-old Jaceil Banks, who was shot within the chest and later died.

A 17-year-old woman, Anthonaya Campbell, was shot within the face and stays in essential situation.

A 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old girl have been each shot within the again, whereas one other particular person was hit within the arm.

Law enforcement sources consider the taking pictures was gang-related.

Royal’s mom instructed the New York Post her son was wrongly recognized by police.

“It’s mistaken identity because that [victim] was his friend,” she instructed the outlet.

She additionally claimed Royal had beforehand been charged in one other case however was “ultimately exonerated” of tried homicide and gun possession costs final yr. She claimed he was fleeing a shootout when officers detained him.

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