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Security camera footage from the May 18 shooting at the La Cantina bar shows the brief struggle that allegedly led Eduardo M. Salazar, 32, and Jesus Martinez-Lopez, 26, to open fire at another man.
Four people, including a minor, were dead and two suspects were in custody in a series of seemingly random late-night shootings on the streets of southeast Los Angeles County, authorities said.
18th Street gang. The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, [ 1][ 12][ 13][ 14] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest transnational criminal gangs in Los Angeles ...
The Crips are a primarily African-American alliance of street gangs that are based in the coastal regions of Southern California.Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips began as an alliance between two autonomous gangs, and developed into a loosely connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one ...
1. 10. 2024 Joliet shootings: A gunman opened fire at two homes, killing seven people. The gunman previously opened fire at two locations, killing a man and injuring one person, before fatally shooting himself in a confrontation with law enforcement officials near Natalia, Texas . January 4, 2024. Perry, Iowa.
Two people were killed and five others injured during a gang-related shooting in Southern California's high desert, authorities said. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to the scene ...
Operation Hammer (1987) A Los Angeles Police Department C.R.A.S.H. initiative that began in April 1987, Operation Hammer was a large scale attempt to crack down on gang violence in Los Angeles, California. A year later, the LA Times reported a double-digit drop in gang violence in parts of the city. After a group of people at a birthday party ...
The gang became infamous for its ruthlessness after requiring newly initiated members to "23-mark" a rival gang member. This initiation required one to beat a rival gang member either to death or to the point of unconsciousness, then to take a knife and carve a phrase such as "Wah Ching" or "Property of EO-23" onto the victims chest or forehead.