Gangster gunned down in 'targeted' killing

The Vancouver man who died of multiple gunshot wounds in North Surrey's Bolivar Heights neighbourhood Friday afternoon has been identified as 24-year-old Christopher Reddy.Reddy was gunned down in the street, in the 13100-block of 111th Avenue, at about 3:40 p.m."This is gang-related and certainly targeted," said Sgt. Peter Thiessen, spokesman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.Thiessen added Reddy was "well-known" to police throughout the Lower Mainland.If investigators know what the Vancouver man was doing in these parts when he was killed, they're not letting on."He does have a connection to that part of Surrey," Thiessen confirmed,...

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The dark soul of Whitey Bulger

The recent capture of Boston crime boss James (Whitey) Bulger after more than 16 years on the run should make us think about why creatures from the dark side have been so popular in American culture. Too often, gangsters are portrayed as tragic heroes. Sure, when they die, it might be tragic; but these are far from great men.Gregory Peck once explained that audiences love villains because they surprise with their willingness to live by no rules other than their own. It is said that Bulger strangled a young woman, apparently cutting off hands and removing teeth to prevent identification. He was what he was - and no more than that.That is why the...

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GANGLAND Slayers were present at Peter Piper Pizza

GANGLAND Slayers were present at Peter Piper Pizza , restaurant located in the shopping center Plaza Bella Anahuac, the Sendero Avenue North, in the municipality of Escobedo, Nuevo Leon. It all began when five men came to unknown parking of Instead of a car and fell Platina white, then three of them entered the pizzeria and is seated at a table , sat for several minutes, the other two were at the gates of the business . The place was packed with children and parents Family enjoying the food and games, like a quiet evening and fun. The men unknown who had just entered the place located two youths who were on a table , one of them was holding...

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Known gangster shot, killed in targeted hit

A Vancouver gangster who was on bail on gun charges has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Surrey last week.Christopher Reddy, 24, was shot to death in a targeted hit about 3: 30 p.m. Friday.Police were called to the 13100-block of 111th Avenue by residents in the area who heard gunshots.Sgt. Peter Thiessen, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said police were at the scene throughout the weekend doing an extensive search."As a result of that extensive search, there is no indication that any homes or citizens' vehicles were impacted by this shooting and no innocent bystanders were injured," Thiessen said.Reddy was...

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Two alleged gang members charged with murdering a rival in San Rafael pleaded not guilty Thursday.

Bryan Sandoval Rocha, 17, and Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez, 18, could face life in prison in the slaying of Jeffrie Lee Olmstead. Police said Olmstead, 21, of Corte Madera was stabbed May 11 after a fight between two rival Hispanic gangs.Rocha, who was charged as an adult, is suspected of delivering the fatal wound."Even if we take all of the allegations at face value, it appears to be self-defense," said Rocha's lawyer, Steve Shaiken.Two other suspects, both juveniles, are charged with gang participati...

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more than 100 people witnessed the shooting, but only one came forward. The gang-related case, like Shelton’s killing, remains unsolved.

citywide crackdown on gangs and guns, teams of law enforcement officers made 129 arrests in the Tulsa area in May, authorities announced Thursday.Operation Triple Beam II was patterned after a similar crackdown last summer that was credited with a reduction in violent crime. The term “triple beam” refers to a scale used in illegal drug sales.The goal of both operations was to investigate gangs, arrest fugitives and take guns off the street.Chad Hunt, deputy U.S. marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, said Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan approached him about doing another Operation Triple Beam after a spate of shootings.Jordan called it...

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Police step up action after gang killings

Hanover Park mother is hopeful that beefed-up policing in the area could see her son, a former member of the Americans gang, return home.The mother, who refused to be named to protect her son, said she feared there was a hit out on her son, and that he would be killed by his own gang if he came home.“It’s terrible the way they carry on here. Sometimes they have shootouts the whole week. Our kids are not safe here and you fear for their lives.“My son is too scared to come home and as a mother that’s all I want.”The woman, who lives in a block of flats close to the taxi rank where 23-year-old Ashraf Booysen, a taxi guard, was gunned down on Tuesday,...

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Monterrey falls, Mexico falls

Mario Ramos thought it was a bad joke when he received an anonymous email at the start of this year demanding $15,000 a month to keep his industrial tubing business operating in Monterrey, Mexico’s richest city and a symbol of progress in Latin America.Sitting in his air-conditioned office looking across at sparkling office blocks dotting the mountains on that morning in January, he casually deleted the email as spam.Six days later, the phone rang and a thickset voice demanded the money. Ramos panicked, hung up and drove to his in-laws’ house. It was already late and he had little idea what to do. Then, just after midnight, masked gunmen burst...

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