U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella filed a notice on December 4th to seek the death penalty against Kendrick Seymore, 22, of Coram.
The alleged high-ranking Bloods member was indicted in February, alongside two co-defendants, in connection with prolific gang activity. He stands accused of the 2021 execution-style triple slaying at a Farmingville townhouse. An infant survived the ordeal, court records revealed.
Nocella wrote Seymore used “deception” to inspire two defenseless women to drop their guard, rendering them unsuspicious of the danger they were in throughout. The U.S. Attorney added that if Seymore is found guilty of killing Richard Castano, Nyasia Knox, and Diamond Schick, a “sentence of death is authorized.”
The aforementioned victims—31, 20, and 24 years old, respectively—were all found dead of fatal gunshot wounds at an Overlook Drive home at approximately noon on July 23rd, 2021, by police responders, according to Homicide Squad Chief Det. Lt. Kevin Beyrer.
"The injury, harm, and loss caused by Seymore with respect to each victim is evidenced by each victim’s personal characteristics and by the impact of that victim’s death upon his or her family, friends, and associates," Nocella said.
The notice cites Seymore’s ongoing membership in the Gorilla Stone Bloods, an organization that has seen an increasing presence within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and his continued criminal conduct while incarcerated—including an assault against another inmate on June 24, 2024—as demonstrative of the likelihood he will commit future acts of violence.
Adds Nocella, Seymore has also made statements expressing a willingness to kill witnesses.
Though New York does not currently practice said capital punishment, it can still be sought in cases tried within the state under federal jurisdiction.
Beyond these killings, Seymore’s charges include attempted slayings of rival gang members, robbery, and drug dealing.
He is due back in court on January 22th.