By Jack Tomczuk<\/p>\n
New charges have been filed against 21 individuals who are accused of participating in a gang war that sparked gun violence from South to Northwest Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said the suspects have been tied to at least one murder, 18 shootings, three carjackings and an armed robbery that occurred between January 2022 and August 2023. Many are already behind bars facing serious charges related to other offenses.<\/p>\n Investigators believe the defendants were members of \u201cThe Senders,\u201d \u201cThe Close Range Gang,\u201d \u201c7th Street\u201d and \u201cPNB.\u201d District Attorney Larry Krasner had a message for current or prospective members of the feuding groups.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe they used to be scared when they heard PNB,\u201d he said at a news conference Thursday. \u201cWell, now you\u2019re known as Processed N\u2019 Booked. Maybe people used to get nervous when they heard Senders. Well, now you been sent upstate. Some people talked about Close Range Gang, or CRG. It\u2019s more like the Closed Walls Gang at this point.<\/p>\n \u201cAs for 7th Street, let\u2019s just say 7th Street is going to be a whole lot more peaceful without the Unlucky 7,\u201d Krasner continued.<\/p>\n Jayme Drayton and Marquan Flamer are being charged with murder for the June 2022 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Aquill Foster, who was gunned down while driving with his brother on the 600 block of Ritner Street in South Philadelphia, authorities said.<\/p>\n While most of the violence happened in South Philadelphia on the east side of Broad Street, Germantown and West Oak Lane, shootings connected to the conflict have also been documented in Northeast, North, West and Southwest Philadelphia, according to a map provided by the DA\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n The charged incidents include a May 2023 triple shooting on the 600 block of Oregon Avenue, an April 2023 triple shooting on the 2200 block of S. 22nd Street, and a January 2022 triple shooting on the 700 block of Ritner Street.<\/p>\n Five of the suspects were arrested Thursday; the remainder were already incarcerated, authorities said.<\/p>\n