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Newark-based violence prevention group seeks to bridge gap between police, social services (Newark, NJ): Community-based violence prevention groups want their work to be taken just as seriously as police work — and want the funds to match. That’s why a new national organization called the Community Based Public Safety Association was launched Thursday in a virtual press conference with support from mayors in Newark and Los Angeles.
Source: NJ.com Date: March 28, 2021
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NebraskaEx-gang member gives back to youth through sports (Omaha, NE): At 16-years-old, Darnell Jackson was facing a first-degree murder charge. “I grew up in the street, spent my entire life in the street. I know what gangs consist of, I know what that does. Just rough, really rough,” said Jackson. Starting at a very young age, Jackson was involved with gangs, was in and out of detention centers and was shot in the head — not once, but twice.
Source: KMTV Action 3 News Date: May 11, 2021
New JerseyPassaic Sheriff's Officers Thwart Escape Attempt By Reputed Gang Member (Passaic County, NJ): A member of a violent gang blamed for flooding the streets with lethal heroin escaped from custody but was captured by Passaic County sheriff's officers, authorities said.
Source: Daily Voice Date: May 10, 2021
WashingtonSuspected gang member from Thibodaux arrested in connection with fatal Houma shooting, police say (Tacoma, WA): A suspected gang member on the run after being charged in a deadly shooting at a Houma Sonic drive-in was arrested in Washington state, authorities said. Travis Dwayne Mart Jr., 21, of Thibodaux, was taken into custody in Tacoma, Wash., by federal agents and was transferred Friday to Terrebonne, the parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Source: Daily Comet Date: May 10, 2021
ConnecticutReputed gang member charged with carjacking woman and her young son (Bridgeport, CT): A teenaged reputed gang member free on bond on rape charges has been rearrested after police said he carjacked a local woman and her young son.
Source: Connecticut Post Date: May 10, 2021
PennsylvaniaGang-Related Tensions Fuel Mercer County Stabbing (Mercer County, PA): State police say gang-related tensions led to a stabbing at George Junior in Mercer County. According to police, the incident happened last Monday, when a 17-year-old boy went into a 15-year-old’s room and stabbed him repeatedly in the head and arms.
Source: ButlerRadio.com Date: May 10, 2021
British Columbia‘We will be relentless in our hunt’: Metro Vancouver police vow to crack down on gang activity (British Columbia): Police agencies across the Lower Mainland say they are working closely together to crack down on a recent increase in gun violence across the region. There have been 10 shootings in three weeks, with eight of them fatal and most believed to be connected to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.
Source: Global News Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaMetro Vancouver gang wars increasingly putting public at risk as death toll climbs (Vancouver, BC): The ongoing Lower Mainland gangs conflict is increasingly putting the public in danger as brazen killers move to target their rivals in public spaces during daytime hours. In the past three weeks, six men have been shot to death in places like a park, mall or sports facility, a seeming departure from earlier gang-related murders that happened mostly at night and out of sight.
Source: CBC News Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaCharges laid in deadly Burnaby shooting (Burnaby, BC): A 20-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in what police say was a gang-linked shooting in Burnaby Saturday.
Source: North Shore News Date: May 10, 2021
California2 Suspects Arrested In Livermore Fatal Shooting; Believed To Be Gang-Related (Livermore, CA): Two suspects were arrested over the weekend in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man at a Motel 6 in Livermore, police said Monday. The shooting, which police suspect was gang-related, was reported shortly before midnight Friday outside a room at the motel in the 4600 block of Lassen Road.
Source: CBS SF Bay Area Date: May 10, 2021
UtahWest Jordan police ID 19-year-old man shot, killed; say suspect in custody is 16-year-old gang member (West Jordan, UT): The West Jordan Police Department has identified a teenager shot dead while driving on Redwood Road, and has released limited information about the juvenile suspect taken into custody. “Victim in last night’s shooting at 7800 S. Redwood is 19-year-old Caeser Manenche,” a police statement says. “Police Department located suspect vehicle + arrested a 16-year-old documented gang member who had ongoing feud with victim.
Source: Gephardt Daily Date: May 10, 2021
MichiganPolice arrest former member of Flint’s most wanted (Flint, MI): A known gang member who was on the run and considered armed and dangerous is off the streets thanks to Crime Stoppers. Alejandro Ortiz was arrested for cutting off a tether, drug possession and weapons charges.
Source: WJRT ABC 12 News Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaEscalating Lower Mainland gang violence prompts calls for more police resources, better drug policy (Surrey, BC): Advocates are calling for both policy and funding changes in the wake of a spate of violent public shootings in the Lower Mainland in recent months. Two approaches, one calling for increased police presence and another calling for decriminalization of all drugs, have been proposed.
Source: CBC Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaPolice say fatal shooting at Vancouver International Airport was gang-related (Richmond, BC): One man has been killed, and responding officers were fired upon in a brazen, daylight shooting at Vancouver International Airport that police say is related to the ongoing gang conflict in the Lower Mainland.
Source: News1130 Date: May 9, 2021
British ColumbiaProvince announces grants to curb gang violence, further public safety (British Columbia): Communities and families dealing with gun and gang violence, individuals experiencing gender-based violence and Indigenous families healing from traumas will receive more than $8.6 million in grants to support community-based crime prevention and remediation initiatives.
Source: The Indo-Canadian Voice Date: May 8, 2021
OhioActivist gains insight on Toledo youth's needs amid rampant gun violence (Toledo, OH): When Toledo set a homicide record last year with 61 deaths, 28 of the victims were age 24 or younger. So were another seven of the 20 victims killed so far this year.
Source: The Blade Date: May 8, 2021
New JerseyGANGLAND: Seven Shot In Pair Of Paterson Drive-Bys, Police Eye Battle Over Drug Turf (Paterson, NJ): Gang warfare was suspected in the wounding of five men and two women -- one of whom was shot in the head -- in a pair of Paterson drive-bys less than a half-hour apart, responders said.
Source: Daily Voice Date: May 7, 2021
TexasTyler gang member gets 45 years in prison for injuring police officers, trying to take their weapon (Tyler, TX): A Tyler man, who is involved in a criminal street gang, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for injuring two police officers and trying to take one of their weapons. Anthony Bendy Jr., 35, was found guilty of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance with a deadly weapon and then sentenced by a Smith County jury.
Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph Date: May 7, 2021
IllinoisMan found guilty in 2019 murder of 15-year-old boy in Rockford (Rockford, IL): A man has been found guilty First Degree Murder and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm in a 2019 shooting that left a 15-year-old boy dead in Rockford. Juan Mora, 27, was found guilty on Thursday. Officers learned that the shooting was suspected to be gang related as a man, later identified as Juan Mora, asked Za’Shawn and his friends if they were Latin kings, to which they responded no—that they were not in a gang.
Source: WREX 13 News Date: May 7, 2021
GeorgiaConvicted felon admits threatening to kill a witness and a federal judge (Brunswick, GA): A convicted felon and gang member faces substantial additional time in federal prison after admitting he threatened a witness and a federal judge. Wilbert Stephens, 29, of Brunswick, Ga., pled guilty in U.S. District Court to Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence and Mailing Threatening Communications, said David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 7, 2021
Virginia36th Street Bang Squad member sentenced to life for murders on Peninsula (Newport News, VA): A Newport News man who prosecutors say was behind multiple murders and attempted murders as part of the 36th Bang Squad was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.
Source: WAVY 10 News Date: May 7, 2021
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