NCPD confirms no fatalities among event guests — investigation ongoing
Armed intruders identified as members of the 6th Street gang stormed the Argent Gala on Tuesday night. They were repelled by private security personnel before NCPD units arrived on scene.
A brazen robbery attempt at one of Night City's most exclusive autumn charity events ended in failure late Tuesday night after private security operatives engaged and neutralised a crew of armed intruders on the 42nd floor of Coronado Tower, according to witnesses and preliminary statements from building management.
The attackers — believed to be affiliated with the 6th Street gang, a loosely organised criminal enterprise known to operate across the Watson and Santo Domingo districts — forced entry through the venue's service corridor shortly after 22:00, disrupting the Argent Gala, a semi-annual auction and networking event attended by approximately eighty guests from Night City's corporate and financial sectors.
Witnesses describe a brief but intense exchange of gunfire inside the main hall and adjoining service areas. Several guests sustained minor injuries — primarily cuts and bruising consistent with evasive movement in a confined space — but no fatalities among attendees have been confirmed by NCPD at the time of publication. The condition of the intruders remains unverified pending official statements.
Multiple attendees credited the swift response of personal and contracted security personnel with preventing what could have been a far more serious incident. "These weren't NCPD response times," said one source close to the event. "Whoever those people were, they knew what they were doing before the first shot went wide."
Among those confirmed present at the time of the incident was Yuki Adeyemi, a senior legal representative whose firm has been involved in a series of high-profile corporate acquisitions in recent months. A spokesperson for Ms. Adeyemi confirmed she was in attendance and stated she was able to exit the building safely during the disturbance.
"Ms. Adeyemi is unharmed and has cooperated fully with venue security," the statement read. "She has no further comment on the events of this evening." The spokesperson declined to elaborate on the nature of her attendance or whether she was a target of the attempted robbery.
The 6th Street gang has been linked to three other commercial robberies in the Watson district over the past six weeks, though this represents a significant escalation in both target profile and apparent ambition. Criminal analyst Daria Voss, reached by the Herald late Tuesday, noted the choice of venue was atypical. "High-rise corporate events are not 6th Street territory. Either someone hired them for access, or someone gave them very bad intelligence about what they were walking into."
Coronado Properties Group issued a brief statement acknowledging the incident and confirming enhanced security protocols would be in effect for all building events going forward. NCPD's Corporate Crime Division has opened an investigation. No arrests have been publicly confirmed.
The Herald has made multiple requests for comment to NCPD Media Relations and to the Coronado Tower event coordinator. This story will be updated as information becomes available.
