Crime & Safety
Man Arrested In 2021 Queens Killing Linked To Mother's Death: Report
Deyrod Blake, 33, is accused of killing another man amid a bloody gang rivalry that led to an innocent mom's stray bullet death.
QUEENS, NY — A man faces a murder charge in a 2021 Queens killing connected to a spasm of gang violence that claimed the life of an innocent mother, according to cops and a report.
Deyrod Blake, 33, was arrested Monday on accusations he shot and killed Elliot Clairborne, 29, near Astoria's Woodside Homes, authorities said.
The March 23, 2021, slay unfolded just weeks and a block away from where a gunman's stray bullet killed Gudelia Vallinas, a 37-year-old mother and innocent bystander who was walking home from the store.
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The shootings stemmed from a bloody gang rivalry that terrorized the area near Woodside Homes in March 2021, the New York Daily News reported.
Dajuan Williams, who was then 19, faced a murder charge in Gallinas' death, along with two other men. His trial is still pending in Queens court, according to records.
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