Ten members of Denver’s FBP gang indicted in connection with drive-by shootings

Ten members of the FBP —  or “Few However A lot” — road gang have been indicted on 114 felony counts involving 47 victims, the Denver District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced Monday.

An investigation by the Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement Community that spanned two years, codenamed “Operation Ricochet,” led to the indictment, officers mentioned.

Lots of the prices relate to drive-by shootings of rival gang members that endangered the group, the district lawyer’s workplace mentioned.

“It is a good day for public security and demonstrates my workplace’s ongoing dedication to hitch with our native and federal companions to aggressively fight outbreaks of violent crime inside our metropolis,” Denver District Lawyer Beth McCann mentioned in a information launch.

Different counts within the indictment embody violating Colorado’s Organized Crime Management Act, conspiracy to commit first-degree homicide, tried first-degree homicide, first-degree assault and unlawful discharge of a firearm.

“At this time is the end result of an almost two-year multi-agency effort to cease the fee of violent crimes being dedicated throughout the metro space by a road gang,” David S. Sales space, particular agent in cost on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, mentioned within the information launch.

The investigation is ongoing.