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Tony Gonzalez is charged with one count of second-degree robbery, according to the outlet.
The six defendants charged with either murder or conspiracy to commit murder pleaded not guilty this week and are set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 9.
A LAPD police officer stands at the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Sunset Boulevard where a body covered in a white sheet lies on the pavement in Los Angeles on April 24, 2021. (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
LAPD said the multi-arrest operation was centered on one specific street gang involved in six homicides — two of which occurred in LA’s 77th Street Area, two of which occurred in Southeast Area, and a double homicide that occurred in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Century Station area.
Homicides in LA have decreased 21% so far in 2022 year-over-year but are up nearly 37% compared to the same time period in 2019.
