March 21, 2010: Sanquan Carter, then 19, can’t find a shiny bracelet and mistakenly blames Jordan Howe. Carter, Orlando Carter and Jeffrey Best secure an AK-47, a pump-action shotgun and a pistol from Lamar Williams.
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March 22:
Crew shoots into a crowd, killing Jordan Howe, 20, and wounding two others, ages 15 and 22.
March 23:
Police arrest Sanquan Carter. He was not charged with any of the crimes that followed. Howe’s associates retaliate against Orlando Carter, shooting him in the shoulder and grazing his face.
March 28:
Orlando Carter gets text message: “Funeral on Tuesday.”
March 30:
11 a.m., Carter crew can’t shoot up Howe funeral because they did not secure a rental van early enough.
7:20 p.m., Traveling in rental van, the crew — including Robert Bost — shoots and kills Tavon Nelson, 17, near South Capitol Street.
7:25 p.m., Wearing ninja-style masks, Orlando Carter, Best, Bost and Simms pull up to group mourning Howe’s death. Orlando lowers the van’s windows while Best, Bost and Simms spray the crowd with bullets. Three teens are killed, six others are wounded.
