A man that gunned down the mother of at least one of his children in an execution-style ambush on a Gramercy Park sidewalk was accused of sex trafficking in 2018.
Clarkson Wilson was arrested in the shooting of 25-year-old exotic dancer Imani Armstrong. He was also arrested in 2018 after he allegedly slashed a 29-year-old woman in the face after she refused to work for him.
“Clarkson is absolutely a pimp,” said one source familiar with Wilson’s 2018 indictment by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Unit.
“She didn’t want to be trafficked by him, that’s why he stabbed her,” the source said. “He stabbed her outside an apartment building and left her to bleed out.”
Wilson, 44, allegedly approached the victim on Third Avenue before the slashing and flew into a rage when she told him she didn’t want to be pimped out, sources said.
“See, this would not have happened if you came and worked for me,” he allegedly said, before he stabbed and slashed her, sources said.
Wilson’s victim received over 150 stitches.
Wilson, who lived at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter at the time of the incident, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to cause serious injuries, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, disorderly conduct and harassment in May 2018.
At the time of his arrest, Wilson tried to use his brother’s ID. Prosecutors from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit would later discover online ads linked to Wilson.
Wilson was indicted for attempted murder a month later. Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Danny Chun, who would have to sign off on the indictment, threw out the attempted murder charge for lack of compelling evidence that proved intent
Wilson is now charged with murder in the Thursday slaying of Armstrong, with whom he fathered at least one of the young mother’s three children.
Police say Wilson observed Armstrong and snuck up on her after watching her for a lengthy amount of time. He then shot her in the head around 5 a.m. on East 14th Street and Irving Place. She was walking home after finishing her overnight shift at IHOP, where she worked as a waitress.
Wilson, who has more than 20 prior arrests on his rap sheet, was also charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
The accused killer has at least four prior complaints against him for alleged domestic violence stretching back to 2014, although it’s not clear if any were made by Armstrong.
Pimp isn’t the word I would use for this creep.
How much is this jag off going to cost us?! Food, shelter & clothing for life, bullshit .
Have him dig his own grave, no last words murderer.
How does an animal like that walk around that long and commit that kind of atrocities on people in the public without someone putting them in the dirt? Looks like the court system encourages this kind of creep to run around and breathe our air! He should have never been on the street he should be in the dirt. Death sentence no doubt about it cold blooded murder showing the same Mercy he showed his victim
No INTENT! Danny Chun should be serving right along with him. AND be financially responsible. Of course, they have absolute immunity. Any guesses who made that ruling.
Another illiterate black scumbag committing crimes in a democratic run city ! What a surprise!! And they just keep letting them back out on the street.
Just a product of society and as such should be prepared to be killed to pay for crimes!
I’m partial to eliminating these douche bags!