With the demise of the major gangs, no large groups have emerged to replace them, the police say.

The police estimate that six major gangs there have 1,000 members total.

It must be used only for major, national gangs.

We have crime, major gangs carrying Uzi automatics, people living on the streets.

That summer, all the major South Side gang began shooting each other.

There are three major gangs of some sort that are now actually having turf wars over the bots.

We have three major gangs in Hartford.

Over the course of the decade, six major gangs called the 10.5 block area of Mantua their home.

And a series of investigations by the Federal, state and local authorities eliminated two major gangs whose members had long intimidated residents.

In 2011, the government established a truce between many major gangs, lowering the murder rate.