
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
VAN NUYS - Armed gang members from Boyle Heights staked out a major intersection late one night, robbing terrified motorists who drove by. When one driver tried to run through the barricade, someone shot him in the back of the head.
Prosecutors charged five suspects with the crimes.
At trial, jurors could not reach unanimous verdicts for three of the defendants but convicted two of the men, finding one of ... (continued)