12 COURIER LIFE, MAY 24–30, 2019 PS
Two found guilty
in murder of two
Bed-Stuy mothers
BY COLIN MIXSON
Two gunmen face life behind bars after
a jury found them guilty of murder
for slaying two young mothers amid a
failed Bedford-Stuyvesant assassination
attempt in 2017.
Bed-Stuy resident Anthony Alexander,
19, and Harlem dweller Nazir
Saunders, 22, were each convicted
of two counts of second-degree murder
and second-degree criminal possession
of a weapon in Brooklyn Supreme
Court on Monday. They face
up to 50 years to life in prison when
they’re sentenced on June 10.
The gun-toting gangbangers
waltzed into the courtyard of a
Gates Avenue housing complex between
Lewis and Stuyvesant avenues
at 9:30 p.m. on July 12, 2017
and opened fire into a crowd of
about 20 people barbecuing, in an
attempt to slay rival gang members,
according to District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez.
The lowlifes missed their intended
target, and instead struck
Chynna Battle, the 21-year-old
mother of a 3-year-old girl, in the
head, and 29-year-old Shaqwanda
Staley, who had a 9-year-old daughter,
in the back, killing both women.
“Two innocent women, each of
them a young mother, died when
these defendants callously opened
fire on a crowd that was peacefully
gathered in a courtyard on a summer
evening,” said Gonzalez. “The
victims’ daughters will now grow up
without the love and support of their
mothers. We cannot allow gun violence
like this to continue to wreak
havoc on our communities.”
The scum fled to South Carolina
following the murders, where they
were arrested on Oct. 31, 2017.
Anthony Alexander NYPD
Nazir Saunders NYPD
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