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Brooklyn Gang Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison for Nightclub Killing

A Brooklyn gang leader will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering a man inside a crowded nightclub, a federal judge ruled Thursday. "The pain you imprinted on my heart, my family's heart...

A Brooklyn gang leader will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering a man inside a crowded nightclub, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

"The pain you imprinted on my heart, my family's heart... is a pain that will never go away," said Philip's crying sister, Jasmine Philip, 27, at Pagett's sentencing in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday. "I don't forgive you and I will never forgive you for what you robbed me and my family of."

Surveillance video from inside the club shows the moment that Pagett opens fire and blasts Philip, 27 in the the head and back from close range.

A Brooklyn gang leader will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering a man inside a crowded nightclub, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

"The pain you imprinted on my heart, my family's heart... is a pain that will never go away," said Philip's crying sister, Jasmine Philip, [...]




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