(There were 616 gang-related homicides in Los Angeles in 2002.)

The number of gang-related homicides this year has risen from 42, to 87, according to police statistics.

Gang-related incidents have also been on the rise; between the years of 1997 and 2005, over 300 gang-related homicides have occurred.

He is currently incarcerated for gang-related homicide, of which he has served 20 years.

Visible and Invisible The world knows about the gang members; estimates put the number at 100,000 across Los Angeles County, and last year there were 771 gang-related homicides.

There are more than 700 gang-related homicides a year in Los Angeles County, and experts estimate that for every person killed in a drive-by shooting, 13 are wounded.

Many gang-related homicides have taken place here since the Apartheid-era until the present.

Oakland, California saw 113 drug- and/or gang-related homicides in 2002 alone, and 2003 sported similar figures.

Males were most likely to be victims of drug- (90.5%) and gang-related homicides (94.6%).

Soon they returned with a vengeance; gang-related homicide rose 50 percent between 1999 and 2002.