After the verdict was given in the murder case of a gunned down teen last week, words of support were yelled from those who were there for the alleged suspect. After hearing the words of encouragement, the victims family erupted in anger, hit the jump for more detail!
6 people were arrested, 4 were injured, after a fight broke out in a Hempstead, New York courtroom.
“Pedro Merchant, 20, had just been ordered held without bail at the courtroom in Hempstead when someone in the courtroom yelled out words of encouragement, something along the lines of “keep your head up,” according to a witness and a court spokesman” reported NBCNews
After hearing this, the family of the 17-year-old victim, Dante James Quinones-Wright, who was gunned down last week on a Long Island street, became enraged and began lashing out.
“A physical fight erupted in the packed courtroom that quickly spread to the hallway, and eventually spilled into the parking lot”
“It was chaos,” said the witness, Caprice Rines.
