Yesterday, two Source Magazine executives, Leroy Peeples and Alvin Childs, pleaded not guilty to shooting three men near a bar in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, New York.

Peeples and Childs were charged with three counts of attempted murder following a shooting that took place early this past Saturday. Bail was set for $200,000. According to prosecutors, Peeples, the Source's president and Childs, its marketing director, allegedly ran from the scene after shooting the men outside the Limerick House pub on Manhattan's W. 23rd St.

Police says the shooting took place after an argument over one of the victim's rap albums. According to sources, Orlando Orenga, 26, declined to play his music for the executive pair. Orenga was shot in the head and was in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan yesterday. Alex Colon, 30, Orenga's cousin, and a busboy were also hit during the shooting. Both were in stable condition yesterday.


Peeples, 32, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, has been working with the self-proclaimed Hip-Hop bible for ten years. Meanwhile, Childs, 35, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, has been working with the publication for the past eight years.


The attempted murder charges don't mark the first time Source executives have been in hot water. This past April, former Editor-In-Chief Kim Osorio and former Vice President of Marketing Michelle Joyce filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The complaint accused Source co-owners David Mays, who serves as Chief Executive Officer, and Raymond "Benzino" Scott, the Chief Brand Executive, of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and unlawful retaliation against women working for the company. According to their charges, female employees at The Source were routinely discriminated against in favor of male employees, especially in regards to hiring new personnel, promotions, compensations, benefits, working hours and discipline
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