A dozen violent gang members were indicted for a spate of East Harlem shootings targeting their rivals, authorities announced Friday.

The charged gang members enlisted 14- and 15-year-olds to carry weapons and help commit their crimes, officials said.

From approximately November 2015 to January 2019, the defendants, who are members of the “Chico Gang” based in NYCHA’s Wagner Houses, are charged with 17 shootings, which injured six victims, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The defendants were trying to murder rival gang members in retaliation for the unsolved shooting death of Juwan “Chico” Tavares in March 2016 at the Jefferson Houses, authorities said. The gang was allegedly formed after the teen’s slaying.

“These defendants waged a deadly campaign of retaliation, spraying East Harlem with bullets with no regard for the lives of their neighbors or the safety of their community,” said DA Cy Vance Jr. in a statement.

“Areas of East Harlem have violent crime rates twice as high as the rest of the city, driven in no small part by the individuals indicted today.”

Vance said one-third of all Manhattan shootings last year took place in East Harlem’s 23rd and 25th precincts.

In one April 2017 shootout, defendant Ashton Berry, a k a “Ash Gunz,” Lamar Ware and Jason Williams approached the Jefferson Houses with a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, officials said. Williams allegedly fired the gun into a crowd of people, as children played nearby, and struck a 22-year-old man in the leg.

At least five of the defendants were expected to be arraigned Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court on conspiracy, attempted murder, attempted assault, gang assault and related charges.

The gang takedown was the result of a joint investigation by the DA’s office and the NYPD.