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12,093 articles from California
Fresno gang retaliation continues, Chief Dyer says "We will not stop" (Fresno, CA):
Gang violence continues to plague the streets of Fresno. Police Chief Jerry Dyer said we are in the middle of gang retaliation between two African American Southwest Fresno gangs. Violence continued this past weekend.
Source: Yourcentralvalley.com Date: February 12, 2018
Source: Yourcentralvalley.com Date: February 12, 2018
Man shot outside church unintended victim of gang war, police say (Fresno, CA):
Police say he was not a gang member but was caught up in a gang war. Zurich Chatman was standing in front of a church on Lee Street Saturday morning getting ready to leave for a Black History Month trip to Allensworth when Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says he was senselessly shot in the head.
Source: KFSN 30 News Date: February 12, 2018
Source: KFSN 30 News Date: February 12, 2018
Officers find 500 rounds of ammo in gang member's vehicles (Fresno, CA):
A California gang member was arrested after police found multiple guns, body armor and more than 500 rounds of ammunition in his vehicles.
Source: Merced Sun-Star Date: February 11, 2018
Source: Merced Sun-Star Date: February 11, 2018
Gang violence erupts in Fresno (Fresno, CA):
Fresno Police have confirmed that six people have been shot in gang shootings in Fresno in just 10 hours. Of those six shot, one was killed, and another left in critical conditions.
Source: KMPH FOX 26 News Date: February 10, 2018
Source: KMPH FOX 26 News Date: February 10, 2018
2 California Gang Members Get Life Sentences for Killing Good Samaritan (Woodland, CA):
Ronald Antonio literally gave the shirt off his back to a bleeding woman he found walking on the road outside the mobile home park where he lived.
Source: The Epoch Times Date: February 10, 2018
Source: The Epoch Times Date: February 10, 2018
Gang war continues: Shooting near church ‘violated sacred ground,’ police chief says (Fresno, CA):
A 20-year-old man was critically injured Saturday morning when he was shot in the head close to a southwest Fresno church, the latest salvo in the city’s violent and escalating gang war.
Source: The Fresno Bee Date: February 10, 2018
Source: The Fresno Bee Date: February 10, 2018
‘Skittles,’ alleged Crips gang member from Richmond, wanted in deadly Calif. crime spree (Santa Rosa, CA):
A Richmond native wanted in connection with a homicide, two home invasion robberies and a high-speed chase in California could be headed back to Central Virginia, authorities said.
Source: WTVR CBS 6 News Date: February 10, 2018
Source: WTVR CBS 6 News Date: February 10, 2018
Gang member gets 5 life sentences for shooting deaths at Long Beach homeless camp (Long Beach, CA):
A gang member was sentenced Jan. 18 for the murders of five people at a Long Beach homeless encampment, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Source: Los Angeles Times Date: February 10, 2018
Source: Los Angeles Times Date: February 10, 2018
Crips Gang Member Wanted In Deadly Santa Rosa Home Invasion (Santa Rosa, CA):
The manhunt intensified Friday for a female Crips gang member who is wanted in a deadly home invasion robbery that left one victim dead and a second injured in unincorporated Sonoma County outside Santa Rosa.
Source: CBS San Francisco Date: February 9, 2018
Source: CBS San Francisco Date: February 9, 2018
Multiple not-guilty pleas entered by Santa Maria MS13 gang suspects (Santa Maria, CA):
Not guilty pleas were entered Friday by nearly a dozen suspected MS-13 gang members indicted on charges that include 10 murders in Santa Maria over the past few years.
Source: KSBY News Date: February 9, 2018
Source: KSBY News Date: February 9, 2018
Fresno police send 75 officers onto streets to head off gang war (Fresno, CA):
Seventy-five Fresno police officers are on alert for more gang violence this weekend as Chief Jerry Dyer and his department are trying to stop a series of retaliatory shootings that have resulted in one person killed and five wounded since Thursday afternoon.
Source: The Fresno Bee Date: February 9, 2018
Source: The Fresno Bee Date: February 9, 2018
He wanted out of a gang. So these Merced County gang members killed him, DA says (Merced County, CA) :
Two Merced County gang members were sentenced Thursday to life without parole in state prison for a 2013 ambush killing of a gang rival, according to the Merced County District Attorney's Office.
Source: Merced Sun-Star Date: February 9, 2018
Source: Merced Sun-Star Date: February 9, 2018
Gang member convicted in 1995 cold case murder (San Diego, CA):
After more than two decades and three trials, justice finally came for the family of an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a car-to-car shooting.
Source: KFMB CBS 8 News Date: February 8, 2018
Source: KFMB CBS 8 News Date: February 8, 2018
Fairfield gang member arraigned on murder, attempted murder charges (Solano County, CA):
A Fairfield teen charged with murder in the 2016 gunshot slaying of a rival gang member was arraigned Thursday in Solano County Superior Court.
Source: Times-Herald Date: February 8, 2018
Source: Times-Herald Date: February 8, 2018
SF city attorney defends gang injunctions amid call for change (San Francisco, CA):
City Attorney Dennis Herrera is standing behind San Francisco’s gang injunctions after Public Defender Jeff Adachi called for an end to the long-standing orders against black and Latino men.
Source: The San Francisco Examiner Date: February 7, 2018
Source: The San Francisco Examiner Date: February 7, 2018
Santa Maria Teen Receives 8-Year Sentence for Gang-Related Fatal Stabbing (Santa Maria, CA):
A teenager was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after entering a no-contest plea to charges in a gang-related fatal stabbing in Santa Maria.
Source: Noozhawk Date: February 7, 2018
Source: Noozhawk Date: February 7, 2018
Safe Streets partnership sees reduced gang violence in targeted neighborhood (Bakersfield, CA):
The 2-square-mile neighborhood has seen more than its share of gunplay and bloodshed. Sandwiched between California Avenue and Brundage Lane, Chester Avenue and Washington Street, this relatively small patch of homes and parks, churches and schools, saw 24 gang-related shootings in 2015. The following year, that number rose to 26.
Source: The Bakersfield Californian Date: February 6, 2018
Source: The Bakersfield Californian Date: February 6, 2018
Candlelight vigil in Planada calls for peace in response to gang violence, recent deadly shootings (Planada, CA):
Typically, we hear law enforcement and adults calling for peace in the community. But tonight, it was Planada's youth asking for an end to the violence.
Source: KFSN 30 News Date: February 6, 2018
Source: KFSN 30 News Date: February 6, 2018
Teen shot dead by deputy in South LA was ‘known gang member,’ sheriff’s department says (South Los Angeles, CA):
Someone might have removed a gun that was possibly carried by a 16-year-old boy who was shot to death in one of two deputy- involved shootings in the Southland in under four hours, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday.
Source: MyNewsLa.com Date: February 5, 2018
Source: MyNewsLa.com Date: February 5, 2018
Semiautomatic handgun hidden in vehicle leads to Oxnard arrest (Oxnard, CA):
A traffic stop Monday night in Oxnard's La Colonia neighborhood led to the arrest of a documented gang member, authorities said.
Source: Ventura County Star Date: February 5, 2018
Source: Ventura County Star Date: February 5, 2018
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