--- title: 4 Teen Suspects Custody for Brutal Brooklyn Rape description: Two of the young men were turned in by their parents canonical: https://time.com/4174905/brooklyn-rape-crime/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-11T12:40:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:56:59.811Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 4 Teen Suspects Custody for Brutal Brooklyn Rape og:description: Two of the young men were turned in by their parents og:url: https://time.com/4174905/brooklyn-rape-crime/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 4 Teen Suspects Custody for Brutal Brooklyn Rape twitter:description: Two of the young men were turned in by their parents twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 4 Teen Suspects Arrested for Brutal Brooklyn Rape by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 11, 2016 12:40 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 11, 2016 12:40 PM CUT Four young men were taken into police custody in connection to a gang rape in Brooklyn, New York. The New York [_Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/nyregion/parents-said-to-turn-in-2-teenagers-suspected-in-brooklyn-rape.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=1 "undefined") reports a father and daughter were approached by the group in a park last Thursday. One of the young men is alleged to have been armed. The teens reportedly ordered the father away from the girl at gun point and later took turns raping her. Police released a surveillance video that purports to show the young men in a deli before the attack. After its release, two of the young men were turned in by their parents. The other two were arrested. Two of the suspects are aged 15, the others are 14 and 17\. A fifth suspect remains at large. Read more at the [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/nyregion/parents-said-to-turn-in-2-teenagers-suspected-in-brooklyn-rape.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=1 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174905/brooklyn-rape-crime/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174905/brooklyn-rape-crime/"},"headline":"4 Teen Suspects Arrested for Brutal Brooklyn Rape","datePublished":"2016-01-11T12:40:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:56:59.811Z","description":"Two of the young men were turned in by their parents","url":"https://time.com/4174905/brooklyn-rape-crime/","keywords":["Crime","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174905/brooklyn-rape-crime/","name":"4 Teen Suspects Arrested for Brutal Brooklyn Rape"}}]}] ```