Update 05/22/2022 10:27am:

Charges have been dropped against Camrin Williams, a 16-year-old rapper from the Bronx who goes by C-Blu. Previously, the teenage rapper was accused of shooting an NYPD officer during an incident in the Bronx earlier this year, according to officials. 

The rapper was accused of shooting 27-year-old police officer Kaseem Pennant in the leg in January 2022. Williams was reportedly on probation for a previous gun case. This past Friday, it was revealed by the Law Department that C-Blu would not be charged. 

The Law Department issued a statement on the decision, saying, “Just because the city cannot prosecute doesn’t mean this individual should have been carrying an illegal weapon — a weapon that contributed to him and an officer being shot. Pursuant to Family Court Law, the case is now sealed, and we are unable to say more about the matter.” Stay tuned for more updates. 

source: New York Post

Original 03/10/2022 3:47pm:

On Tuesday (March 8), a Bronx judge moved 16-year-old rapper Camrin "C Blu" Williams' case to Family Court, and he will be tried as a juvenile on charges of shooting a police officer. C Blu was initially charged as an adult with criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree assault and other weapons charges. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Judge Naita Semaj stated in court that there's no denying that C Blu had a gun on him the night of January 18 in Belmont, but she added that there was "no apparent reason" for Bronx Officer Taulant Gjonbalaj and other officers to confront him.

Judge Semaj stated, "There was absolutely zero reason for any of those officers to approach this individual. They approached him, they detained him, they searched him, and no officer even bothered to come up with a halfway legitimate reason for any of that."

Judge Semaj then pointed to video evidence that showed that C Blu did everything to cooperate with officers, "While there is no disputing the fact that Mr. Williams had a gun on him that night... He literally does everything you tell your child to do when they’re approached by cops. He literally kept his hands up. He literally tried to record to make sure there was proof. He answered questions he had no obligation to answer."

The judge then turned her attention to officer Gjonbalaj’s testimony, stating, "I cannot state how absolutely incredible his testimony was. It was inconsistent with the video, it was inconsistent with his fellow officer’s testimony, it was self-serving, it had no value."

Now that the case was moved to Family Court, C Blu will be prosecuted by the city’s Law Department, rather than the Bronx District Attorney. Juvenile cases are also decided by judges, not a jury. 

Source: NY Daily News