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Virginia police task force drops use of controversial gang database (Virginia): A Virginia gang task force has dropped use of a database that catalogues thousands of alleged gang members across the Washington region after activists raised concerns that minorities are disproportionately represented in it and its use is shrouded in secrecy.
Source: The Washington Post Date: January 28, 2021
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FloridaSeven wounded in Quincy nightclub shooting Saturday; patrons 'scrambled for safety' (Quincy, FL): Seven people were shot in a Quincy nightclub after a fight – allegedly between two rival gangs – broke out early Saturday. Two people are in intensive care and at least one person was shot in the face, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff's Department.
Source: Tallahassee Democrat Date: April 4, 2021
IllinoisFamily of 13-year-old fatally shot by Chicago cop decries alleged gang directive to shoot police cars, urges public to remain peaceful (Chicago, IL): The family of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed last week by a Chicago cop issued a statement Sunday condemning allegations laid out in a recent alert issued by police leaders warning that factions of the Latin Kings “were instructed by ranking members to shoot at unmarked Chicago police vehicles.”
Source: Chicago Sun-Times Date: April 4, 2021
GeorgiaDougherty Grand Jury issues indictments in street gang assault case (Albany, GE): An assault charge against a man accused of shooting at Albany police officers and a street gang-related case were among the 62 indictments recently handed down by a Dougherty County Grand Jury.
Source: The Albany Herald Date: April 3, 2021
IllinoisGang members ‘instructed’ to shoot at police vehicles after Adam Toledo shooting, cops warned (Chicago, IL): Chicago police leaders have issued an “officer safety alert” to cops warning that the department’s narcotics unit has learned that factions of the Latin Kings in the Ogden patrol district on the Southwest Side “were instructed by ranking members to shoot at unmarked Chicago police vehicles.”
Source: Chicago Sun-Times Date: April 3, 2021
CaliforniaMan killed in apparent gang-related shooting near Baldwin Park (Baldwin Park, CA): A man in his late 20s was shot and killed in an apparent gang-related shooting in a residential portion of the unincorporated Bassett area near Baldwin Park, and the shooter was at large Saturday morning.
Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune Date: April 3, 2021
MassachusettsNew Boston nonprofit directors use troubled pasts to inspire gang members (Boston, MA): When Francisco Depina of Dorchester was in middle school, a teacher told him he would either be dead or in jail by the time he was 18 years old. “It came to a point I kind of started to believe that,” Depina, now 35, told the Herald. Depina said he was kicked out of Boston Public Schools in ninth grade.
Source: Boston Herald Date: April 3, 2021
CaliforniaSanta Barbara police arrest two teens one adult for gang murder (Santa Barbara, CA): Santa Barbara police arrested two teenagers Friday they suspect fatally shot a 23-year-old man on Monday. The teens allegedly shot Jesus Espinosa-Maldonado of Oxnard as he was driving on Eucalyptus Hill Road near Salinas Street.
Source: Cal Coast Times Date: April 3, 2021
CaliforniaKern County in Depth: Combating ongoing gang violence in SE Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA): A cop, a community organizer, a father and son who lost a loved one, and two mothers with losses of their own, weigh in on the scourge of gang violence in southeast Bakersfield, and the resources required for positive change.
Source: KGET 17 News Date: April 3, 2021
British ColumbiaGovernment Introduces New Measures To Curb Gun Violence (Victoria, BC): Gang members are being targeted by the BC government with new measures that will limit their ability to buy, transport or possess real and imitation firearms under new legislation devised to make British Columbia’s streets safer.
Source: The Link Date: April 2, 2021
CaliforniaOne Man Killed, Another Injured in Suspected Gang-Related Long Beach Shooting (Long Beach, CA): A 40-year-old man was killed and a second man critically wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting in Long Beach early Friday morning.
Source: MyNewsLa.com Date: April 2, 2021
CaliforniaGang Member Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Attempted Murder (Monterey County, CA): A member of the Norteno criminal street gang was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of a rival gang member in Salinas, Monterey County prosecutors said.
Source: SFGate Date: April 1, 2021
ArkansasMan in gun case to remain in jail, U.S. judge rules (Searcy, AR): A White County man arrested on a federal firearms charge as part of the "Operation Central Sweep" investigation into gang-related drug trafficking activity will have to stay in jail while his case is adjudicated, a federal magistrate judge decided Tuesday.
Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette Date: April 1, 2021
ConnecticutFeds: New Britain man supplied drugs to Hartford gang members (Hartford, CT): A local man will spend three years in federal prison for selling fentanyl and crack in the Hartford area, according to officials. Jordan “T” Flythe, 28, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford on Wednesday.
Source: The Milford Mirror Date: April 1, 2021
GeorgiaGeorgia gang member sentenced to life in prison for teen's murder (Cobb County, GA): A Cobb County Superior Court judge has sentenced a teenager to life in prison for the deadly shooting of another teen during an argument. Tuesday, 17-year-old Myliek Ryshiem Dunn pled guilty to murdering 16-year-old Namir Kelly.
Source: FOX 5 Atlanta Date: April 1, 2021
CaliforniaFelony Charges Filed Against 18-Year-Old Accused in Cathedral City Shooting (Cathedral City, CA): Attempted murder and gang-related charges were filed Thursday against an 18-year-old man accused in a shooting that injured a woman and a juvenile at a Cathedral City park.
Source: NBC Palm Springs Date: April 1, 2021
New YorkTeen arrested in innocent Queens woman’s fatal shooting (Queens, NY): A teenager with possible gang ties was arrested Thursday in the killing of an innocent woman who was caught in the crossfire of two feuding gangs in Queens, police said.
Source: New York Post Date: April 1, 2021
IllinoisChicago crime numbers for March show murders up from 2020, carjackings down from February (Chicago, IL): Chicago police released updated crime statistics early Thursday morning for the month of March. They tell a violent story. Just last month there were 42 murders in the city. In March of 2020, there were 28.
Source: WLS 7 News Date: April 1, 2021
CaliforniaGascón to downsize, rename LA County DA Hardcore Gangs unit, sources confirm (Los Angeles, CA): Two weeks after FOX 11 reported on major changes possibly coming to the way Los Angeles prosecutes gang-related crimes, sources confirm to Bill Melugin that George Gascón will downsize the County DA Office's Hardcore Gangs unit.
Source: FOX 11 Los Angeles Date: April 1, 2021
IdahoLeader of Aryan Knights Prison Gang Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for RICO Conspiracy (boise, ID): Harlan Hale, 55, a leader of the Idaho prison gang known as the Aryan Knights, or “AK,” was sentenced to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of participating in a RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) conspiracy and one count of committing a violent crime in furtherance of racketeering activity, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. In imposing this sentence, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye ordered that it be served after Hale’s existing sentences from a State of Idaho case and a federal case in the District of Wyoming.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: April 1, 2021
WashingtonTwo teenagers killed in under two months in Spokane Valley (Spokane County, WA): Preston Grzogorek,15, and Owar Opiew,16, were both underclassmen in high school, both loved being with their families and both were shot and killed within two months of each other. They died in Spokane Valley, only 15 minutes away from each other.
Source: KREM 2 News Date: April 1, 2021
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