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My research on youth gang homicides takes me to some very interesting places and some twists and turns on the route.\u00a0 For example, one case that I am researching and will be writing when I am completed my book on the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels, (click here for more information on that<\/a>) happened in the summer of 1959, between two bitter enemies from West Harlem:\u00a0 The Sinners (sometimes referred to as the Young Sinners) and the Assassins, an offshoot of the Uptown Assassins.\u00a0 This gang murder ended in the death of 13-year-old Sergio Quinones, a member or friend of the Assassins.\u00a0 Several members of the Sinners drove by a passel of Assassins near their turf and blazed away at them with a .45 hand gun.<\/p>\n Radislaw Blazic, Theodore Niforos, Frank Arroyo and Milton Graniela, — all Sinners — were the ones that did the drive-by shooting.\u00a0 As they were making their get-away, the police took pursuit and right around Central Park and West 110th Street the car skidded to a stop and the Sinners, bold as brass, took some shots at the police.\u00a0 The police returned fire, killing Milton Graniela, while the others took off, vaulting the stone wall into Central Park to make their escape.\u00a0 You can notice the chalk outline in this following picture of where Graniela died that day.\u00a0 Part of my research took me directly to New\u00a0 York City and the spot where the Sinners and Assassins hung out as well as the spot where they shot Quinones and shot at the police on West 110th Street.\u00a0 After reading over the court records on the spot where Graniela died, I tried to pinpoint what that crime scene looks like today in 2012 (when the picture was taken).\u00a0 See the comparison for yourself:<\/p>\n Crime Scene where Milton Graniela, a member of the Sinners, a Manhattan youth gang from the 1950s, was shot and killed by the police.<\/p><\/div>\n Picture taken August 2012 on West 110th Street of approximately where Graniela, a member from the 1950s gang the “Sinners” died.<\/p><\/div>\n Some crime scene photos were easy to figure out while, others were a bit more of a challenge to pinpoint.\u00a0 In this case it was difficult to know for sure that this was the exact spot where Milton died, but I think I was able to narrow it down with a good certainty.\u00a0 I am doing this with the other cases I am writing about as well, so this gives a glimpse into some of the research I am doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before you get to the article\u2026 On February 23, 2018, my book on the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels, who were two Brooklyn youth gangs from the 1950s, has been completed.\u00a0 It took 15 years of research and writing … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newyorkcitygangs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0007.jpg?resize=584%2C475&ssl=1\")
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