Gang member arrested in drug, gang-related killing on Staten Island: police

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials arrested a reputed Bloods member for the death of a rival gang member on Monday, authorities said.

Luke Woodfolk, 31, was arrested at his Yonkers home and charged in the Sept. 28 killing of Folarin Adegbenro, 30.

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He faces charges including murder, criminal use of a firearm, and criminal possession of a firearm charges.

Adegbenro, a member of the G Stone Crips, was fatally shot in the chest hundreds of feet from his home on South Avenue in the Mariner’s Harbor neighborhood, officials said.

Authorities believe the shooting was both drug and gang-related.

Woodfolk has been previously arrested on Staten Island and in lower Manhattan, police sources told the Daily News.

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