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Wu-Tang members investigated by the FBI for 1999 murders
by Jesse Locke
November 4, 2015
Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthing ta f*** wit.
The explosive FBI files on Ol’ Dirty Bastard made headlines in 2012 when they were released by the Freedom of Information Act. However, it turns out that the Wu-Tang founder’s connections to murders, drug deals, and other incidents involving the Bloods gang are just the tip of the Staten Island iceberg. Newly released documents from the federal trial of two drug kingpins allege that other Wu-Tang members ordered and paid for another pair of murders.
You can read the entire 94-page filing here, and we’ve summarized the important facts below:
– Last year, Anthony and Harvey Christian were found guilty of running a 20-year drug empire in Staten Island, as well as orchestrating the death of 17-year-old Jerome “Boo Boo” Estrella. Yet a drug dealer turned informant who was also the gunman in Estrella’s murder testified that it was pulled off “at the instruction of the Wu-Tang Clan” after Estrella allegedly robbed RZA’s little brother.
– A second murder took place following a man named Corey “Shank Bank” Brooker allegedly robbing RZA’s brother and Raekwon’s cousin. According to the documents, a different drug dealer turned informant claims RZA issued a $30,000 contract for Brooker to be shot to death. This murder remains unsolved, but is linked to an unknown person named “Phife.”
– Prosecutors disagree with the above allegations, maintaining that the Christians plotted the Estrella murder because they were contemporaries of the Wu-Tang who “agreed the robberies were bad for their drug trade.”
– The Christians were first arrested in 2011. Anthony faces a mandatory life sentence, while Harvey faces 40 years to life in federal prison.
