Troy Ave who has been in police custody since the day after the May 25 shooting at Irving Plaza that left one man dead and three others, including himself, was released on $500,000 bond Monday morning (July 11). Troy was indicted on attempted murder and criminal weapons possession charges.
According to the New York Daily News, the bond was secured against Troy’s mother’s home in Brooklyn and terms of his release demand he wear an ankle monitor, remain within New York City and stay away from bars, venues, concert halls and other performance spaces while the investigation continues.
Troy was arrested May 26 after the NYPD released an 11-second security camera video showing a man police identified as Troy emerge from a backstage room at Manhattan’s Irving Plaza to a balcony and fire a gun in the direction of people fleeing. Police later found a gun that matched the ballistics taken from the scene in a “secret compartment” in Troy’s car.
Authorities have said that the incident began earlier in the venue’s green room, where a fight broke out that left Troy and two others injured and Ronald “Banga” McPhatter, Troy’s longtime friend and bodyguard, dead. His attorneys have said repeatedly that both Troy and McPhatter were victims in the situation, and that McPhatter died a hero protecting his friend.
“What is clear is that the investigation from the outset has been hampered by the defendant, who not only fired and removed the weapon from the crime scene, he refused to help in any way [to identify] who killed McPhatter,” Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass told the court, according to the Daily News. Steinglass also said that Troy has not been cleared as a murder suspect as of yet.
“We feel that we have a case to present that’s ultimately going to exonerate him and indicate that his actions were justified,” Troy’s attorney John Stella said after the hearing.
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