Ex-college hoopster found shot and burned was innocent bystander in deadly NYC gang war

[Kamaji]

Ex-college hoopster found shot and burned was innocent bystander in deadly NYC gang war: sources

By Larry Celona, Georgett Roberts, Craig McCarthy and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
May 19, 2022

A doomed young couple found shot to death and burned beyond recognition in a car at a Bronx park were victims of a deadly gang war sparked by a stolen purse, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Nikki Huang and ex-college hoopster Jesse Parrilla, 22, were executed in a series of retaliatory shootings that erupted after Huang griped to her gangster pals that a rival crew mugged her last Sunday, stealing her handbag, the sources said Thursday.

Parrilla was not a part of deadly beef between the rival Up the Hill and the Down the Hill crews, the sources said — and only wound up getting mixed up in the bloodshed while spending time with Huang.

“Right now it looks like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” one Manhattan cop said. “He has no criminal record. It looks like he was just hanging out with Nikki.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/slain-ex-college-hoopster-was-bystander-in-nyc-gang-feud-sources/

[GtHawk]

It's sad, but I doubt he was unaware of her gang affiliations and chose to put himself at risk and ended up paying the ultimate price.