Eric Gonzalez
Coverage of Eric Gonzalez in the Nexus archive.
- 22 alleged Brooklyn street gang members indicted for 26 shootings across borough in three-year guerrilla war with rivals
22 alleged members of Brooklyn-based Folk Nation subsets 'Renegade Goons' and 'OOs' were indicted for 26 shootings across Crown Heights, Flatbush, and East New York between October 2022 and 2025, resulting in 23 injuries and one death. The violence, prosecutors claim, began after two gang members were killed by rivals, sparking a retaliatory campaign that included a 2024 assassination of a 24-year-old outside a barber shop and a 2025 Sweet 16 party shooting injuring six teens.
- Elderly NYC trans serial killer learns fate after hacking up gal pal and riding around with her severed arm
An elderly trans serial killer in NYC was involved in a brutal crime involving the hacking up of a gal pal and keeping her severed arm. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez condemned the crime as 'almost beyond words.'
- Man convicted of killing a gay dancer at a Brooklyn gas station
A Brooklyn man was convicted of fatally stabbing a gay dancer at a gas station in an anti-gay attack, as announced by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. The incident occurred in July 2023 at a Midwood gas station.
- Man who killed O’Shae Sibley after he danced at a Brooklyn gas station is convicted of manslaughter
A man was convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime for killing O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station after a confrontation involving racist and anti-gay slurs. The jury acquitted him of murder but found him guilty of lesser charges including menacing and harassment.
- Guns gone: NYPD says it has seized more than 2,000 firearms from NYC streets this year
NYPD and partners have seized over 2,000 firearms from NYC streets in the first five months of 2026, targeting gang-related and trafficked weapons. The effort, involving district attorneys and federal agencies, has contributed to historic reductions in shootings and murders.
- Six charged in alleged $11M pandemic relief fraud scheme
Six individuals, including family members, are charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly $11 million through pandemic relief programs and a construction loan by submitting falsified documents. The alleged scheme involved the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs between April 2020 and October 2022.
- Brooklyn mother who drowned her three children in the ocean near Coney Island sentenced to decades in prison
Erin Merdy, a 34-year-old Brooklyn woman, was sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2022 drowning deaths of her three children—ages 7, 4, and 3 months—in the Atlantic Ocean near Coney Island. The children were discovered on September 12, 2022, after a relative called 911 with concerns for their safety, and authorities later found Merdy barefoot and wet about two miles away. The medical examiner ruled the deaths homicides caused by drowning, with surveillance video showing Merdy walking toward the ocean with the children shortly before 1 a.m.