A 16-year-old girl has been arrested and charged in the murder of a rival gang member. Police say that Sahiah (Uzi) Davis was ordered to kill 16-year-old Nathaniel Walcott in April by her new crew, the Wave Gang. "They wanted her to do this to show that she's down with them," one source told the News. more ›

One Brooklyn Heights resident alerted fellow neighbors about possible gang activity in the neighborhood this week, after spotting four unruly teenagers on Hicks. more ›

Following yesterday's alert about an increase in gang activity last night and tonight, one reader writes in saying that "the faces of three Brooklyn women have been slashed ... The Bloods are out all day and tonight working on their initiations. Supposedly they have to slice 31 people to get initiated into the gang?" And another reader writes, "I have a friend at a hospital uptown, and she said word is that a few victims are currently being treated." more ›

The Williamsburg Stabber, who is more than likely a group of stabbers, has struck again. In April two cops walking the beat told us "the increased police presence was in response to a spate of machete-wielding gang violence" -- well, a lot of good the increased security has done. A tipster writes in to tell us about last weekend's Saturday morning stabbing, which police suspect was part of a gang initiation and in step with an upsurge of gang activity in the neighborhood. From the email:

At around 8-8:30 on Saturday he was walking home from the Metropolitan Pool gym. When he turned onto Driggs, he noticed someone riding on a bicycle. He turned onto Fillmore and the person rode slowly next to him. When they reached around the middle of the block the person on the bike pulled up in front of him, and without saying anything, he stabbed him 3 times in the chest. He then took off, again biking slowly away. more ›