A hip-hop personality facing federal weapons charges relating to a fatal shootout at a T.I. concert in Midtown last year will not be released on bail, a judge decided Wednesday.
Cops on Monday collared Daryl Campbell, who goes by Taxstone, claiming they found his DNA on the gun used during the deadly shoot-out at Irving Plaza.
The shooting last May resulted in the death of Ronald McPhatter, Brooklyn rapper Troy Aves bodyguard. The shooting also wounded three people including Troy Ave with whom Campbell had an extensive public beef.
Troy Ave, whose legal name is Roland Collins, is accused of attempted murder in relation to the shooting. Collins, who was hit in the leg, has maintained he grabbed the weapon away from the gunman and shot back to defend himself. Collins is out on $500,000 bail.
While Manhattan Federal Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck had agreed on Tuesday to release Campbell, 31, on $500,000 bond and house arrest, prosecutors on Wednesday convinced Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan to keep Campbell behind bars.
They doubled down on their arguments Campbell posed a danger to the community and said witness testimony would directly show he fired, at a minimum, the shot that killed McPhatter.
Prosecutors also said additional charges might be brought against Campbell relating to this testimony, possibly in state court.
Kaplan said the governments position influenced his decision.
Campbells lawyer Kenneth Montgomery argued his client isnt violent and that prosecutors misrepresented his podcast to wrongly cast him as a gang member.
