Three more Lows gang members charged with RICO conspiracy and murder

Three more alleged Minneapolis Lows gang members or associates have been charged by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment, bringing the total number of defendants in this indictment to 14, with 11 previously charged.

The charges were announced last week by the U.S. Department of Justice against the newest defendants Marques Dwell Armstrong Jr., 30, Davant Khalil Moore, 23, and Jahon Ronnell Lynch, 20, each of Minneapolis.

The indictment charges the Lows, a violent Minneapolis street gang, for crimes including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy involving murder, using a firearm to kill during racketeering murder, attempted murder, and other gun and drug trafficking, including fentanyl. Ten murders are alleged as part of the gang’s pattern of racketeering activity.

According to the allegations in the superseding indictment, the defendants were members of the Lows criminal street gang, who have been in existence in Minneapolis since approximately 2004, and whose chief rivals are the “Highs,” who operate mostly north of West Broadway. The Lows are primarily active on the north side of Minneapolis, south of West Broadway Avenue. They use threats, intimidation, and violence to protect their territory, reputation, crime proceeds, and power while trafficking in firearms and narcotics.

The murders alleged in the indictment include the three new defendants along with defendants previously indicted, as listed below:

• On May 6, 2021, Albert Lucas V, 21, shot and killed a victim at a Minneapolis gas station while the victim was pumping gas.

• On Sept. 9, 2021, Kaprice Richards, 24, and Marques Armstrong Jr. stood on a sidewalk and fired at least 26 rounds through the window of a crowded Minneapolis barbershop. The barrage of bullets killed one victim and injured another victim who was inside with a young child.

• On May 14, 2022, Glenn Carter III, 25, shot and killed two victims near a food truck in Minneapolis.

• Just days later, on May 19, 2022, Lows members and associates murdered two victims in a drive-by shooting in Minneapolis, after days of threats and taunting. Lows members and associates located the victim’s vehicle and pulled alongside when it was stopped at a traffic light. Lows members and associates then fired multiple shots from their vehicle at the victim’s vehicle, killing both the driver and passenger.

• On April 27, 2023, Shannon Jackson, 33, and Kaprice Richards, and others opened fire on a group in Minneapolis, killing one victim.

• On Nov. 6, 2023, Jahon Lynch, using a vehicle he carjacked about a week before, drove Albert Lucas V, Davant Moore, and other Lows members and associates to north Minneapolis, where they shot into a group of people, killing one victim.

• On Dec. 3, 2023, Damari Douglas, 20, Davant Moore, and other Lows members and associates attended a party in Minneapolis. After leaving the party, the group was walking down a street when they began firing at a passing vehicle. A stray bullet struck and killed a victim standing on the sidewalk. Law enforcement recovered discharged cartridge casings at the scene from multiple firearms.

• On Feb. 27, 2024, Albert Lucas V, Victor Collins, 23, and other Lows members and associates drove to the area of the Minneapolis Market, and shot into a group of people, injuring several victims and killing one victim.

“These fourteen defendants are allegedly all part of a gang that is responsible for at least 10 murders on the streets of Minneapolis,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “These murders, which allegedly took place at a gas station, a barbershop, a food truck, and other public places, terrorized neighborhoods.  As this superseding indictment to net additional gang members shows, the Criminal Division will not relent in addressing violent crime.”

If convicted, the defendants face a range of penalties, including up to life in prison for racketeering conspiracy involving acts of murder, using a firearm to commit murder, and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after the consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

ATF, FBI, DEA, IRS-CI, HSI, USPIS, Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and Minnesota Department of Corrections are investigating the case, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.

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