Troy Ave appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and criminal possession charges in connection with a deadly shooting last week during a concert at Irving Plaza.
The New York Times reports that Troy Ave showed up to court in a wheelchair and asked the judge for $50,000 bail through his lawyers, who stressed that he had no criminal record. He was denied bail and demanded to sit in jail until his trial date.
New York Time reports:
His lawyers, Scott E. Leemon and John Stella, said Mr. Collins was not responsible for the gunfire that erupted at 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday in a backstage green room above the club’s stage just before the rapper T.I. was to perform.
One of Mr. Collins’s bodyguards, Ronald McPhatter, was killed in the shooting. Three people were wounded, including Mr. Collins, who was shot in the leg.
“He’s the real victim here,” Mr. Leemon said in court. “McPhatter died a hero trying to protect Mr. Collins. He was not shot by Mr. Collins.” Mr. Leemon also told the court that scientific evidence would show that Mr. Collins did not shoot himself.