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# Teen Suspect Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charges In DeKalb Avenue Shooting
- URL: https://bklyner.com/teen-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-charges-in-dekalb-avenue-shooting-fortgreene/
- Published: 2015-12-10T16:19:45.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-10T17:13:27.000Z
- Author: Heather Chin
- Tags: fort greene, North Western Brooklyn, Police & Fire, Armani Hankins, DeKalb Avenue station, gang violence, gun violence, Malik Peters, shooting, #wp

![Photo by Fort Greene Focus.](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shooting-blood-stain-702x395.jpg)

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.

The [17-year-old suspect](/blog/2015/11/02/17-year-old-fort-greene-resident-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death/) in the [fatal shooting of a 16-year-old](/blog/2015/10/27/17-year-old-killed-by-bullet-to-the-head-in-rush-hour-shootout-at-flatbush-and-dekalb-avenues/) outside Applebee’s and the DeKalb Avenue subway station on October 26 insists he is not guilty of second-degree murder, attempted murder, and other charges — and that it was one of his friends who pulled the trigger.

As [first reported in the *New York Daily News*](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/teen-shooting-suspect-didn-kill-rival-article-1.2460787?ref=bklyner.com), Malik Peters was indicted Wednesday, December 9, on charges surrounding the death of 16-year-old Armani Hankins. He could face up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

The case against him maintains that he and his crew — a term used to refer to small gangs — from Fort Greene had been “jumped by members of the victim’s crew earlier in the day,” leading them to seek them out for a second fight.

Peters acknowledged seeking Hankins and his crew out, but that someone from Hankins’ group threatened him with a knife and that’s when the fight escalated.

Peters reportedly is a member of the 900 Crew in Fort Greene, while Hankins was from the 4 To 5 Crew in East New York.