Inside the NYPD’s takedown of female shooters [Video]

BRONX – A rising number of young women in New York City are joining gangs and getting involved in gun violence, marking a disturbing shift.

Instead of attending prom and graduation, their social events now revolve around shootings and funerals.

The surge in teen girls using guns has sparked a response from female crime fighters determined to bring them to justice and help them turn their lives around before more lives are lost.

“Some of them are afraid. Some are forced to do it. Some of them are just curious, you know, they like the bad boys so they want to run in those circles to see what it’s like.” Bronx District Attorney, Darcel Clark 

FOX 5 NY‘s Lisa Evers got an exclusive look at the recent NYPD Bronx takedown of Slattery Gang, also known as “Slaughtery” and “S-block”, allegedly responsible for over a dozen shootings and attempted murders, according to the police.

The gang …