Law enforcement officials “took down” a violent drug and crime organization in Northwest Washington in an early morning raid Friday, D.C. police said.
Nearly 200 Metropolitan Police Department officers, FBI agents and U.S. marshals swooped into the neighborhood near Shaw at 6:30 a.m. to arrest 11 members of the LeDroit Park Crew, a gang tied to 42 violent crimes throughout the District, police said. The group, consisting of nine adults and two juveniles, is responsible for at least six homicides and numerous armed robberies and assaults with intent to kill, police said.
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