A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the murder of one man and the shooting of two innocent bystanders in Clinton Hill.
Alexander Williams, 29, of Brownsville and Wydeem Rudd, 26, of the Bronx, were sentenced on Monday, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. The defendants were convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree attempted assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon on November 25, 2025, following a jury trial.
On September 8, 2020, at approximately 3:39pm, Williams, a member of the 900 gang, requested a cab from Rainbow Car Service to pick him up in Brownsville, then to stop along the route to pick up Rudd, a 900 associate. The cab dropped the defendants at Clifton and Franklin Avenues, near the Lafayette Gardens housing development in Clinton Hill, according to prosecutors.
The defendants, wearing hoods and masks, walked through Lafayette Gardens, entered the rear of 456 DeKalb Ave., and then walked to the front of the building. The defendants then ambushed Tylee Felder, 24, who was standing in front of the building. Rudd and Williams shot Felder six times, including in the head, killing him. Rudd then fired into a crowd outside of the building, shooting and wounding two innocent bystanders, a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, prosecutors said.
The defendants then fled through the rear of the building and were captured on several surveillance videos. Both removed their sweatshirts, revealing unique arm tattoos. Rudd also removed his mask.
“These defendants walked into a housing complex in the middle of the afternoon, opened fire, took a life, wounded innocent bystanders and put others at risk," Gonzalez said in a statement. "Gun violence is at record lows in Brooklyn precisely because the NYPD and our prosecutors relentlessly focus on the drivers of crime such as these defendants, whose pointless and retaliatory gun violence led to far too much bloodshed."
