LA usually gets all the attention when it comes to gang culture,
but surprisingly, Oakland is also a violent city full of beef.
The deadly war between two enemy groups,
the Case Gang and Stubby Gang,
has been terrorizing the streets of Oakland for close to two decades.
The beef got so crazy that authorities assembled a task force
which included 27 different law enforcement agencies to put an end to the violence.
Let’s take a closer look at this bloody war.
Oakland has always been a major city for hip hop.
2pac originally started his career in the bay
and rappers like Too Short, Keak Da Sneak,
and MC Hammer put Oakland on the map in the ’90s.
Oakland is the heart of the bay area
and has produced a lot of talent.
But it’s also been named one of the most violent cities in America and has a long history of gang violence.
Two of the wildest gangs in Oakland are the Case Gang and Stubby Gang
also known as ENT.
These two groups have been at each other’s necks for decades
and their beef has led to countless murders, shootouts, robberies and other crimes.
Stubby Gang was created around 2011 in East Oakland.
Unlike LA which has strict politics around who controls certain blocks and territories,
gangs in Oakland are more spread out.
Stubby Gang members are known to be found in the Ghost Town or the 70’s
but can be located anywhere in East Oakland.
They are also often known as ENT,
which are the initials of two or three fallen members of the gang.
The E & N stands for Edward Hampton and Nario Jackson,
two 17-year-old Stubby Gang members who were killed in 2010.
There is some disagreement over what the T stands for.
Some claim it is short for a third fallen member of the group named Taliban
who was killed by Oakland police.
Others say it stands for Team – as in Edward and Nario Team.
Even though Stubby Gang was founded over 10 years ago,
all the original members have either died or gone to jail,
making this a whole new wave of Stubby Gang members.
Stubby Gang is also known as the 3’s
(because ENT is 3 letters).
They are affiliated with another local gang called the Two Letter Gang or just the 2’s.
The 2’s and the 3’s are known to beef with another East Oakland gang called the 4’s aka Case Gang.
The Case Gang is considered even more deadly than the Stubby Gang.
They’ve been active on the streets since at least the ’90s
and were called the most terrifying gang in Oakland by police in the early 2000’s.
They were originally known as the nutcases and have really managed to live up to that title.
The group was led by a dude named Leon Wiley,
who was sentenced to life in prison in 2008.
Wiley, along with 8 other Case gang members
was arrested in 2003,
after a wild crime spree that lasted 10-weeks and resulted in five homicides and a bunch of robberies.
Wiley and his associates were accused of killing five innocent strangers,
which included a 14-year-old, and participating in 9 robberies and 100 muggings.
Wiley himself was accused of participating in at least 3 of the murders.
Prosecutors even blamed the game Grand Theft Auto for the violent crime spree.
The nutcases admitted that they would get high and play GTA during the day,
then go out at night and live out the game in real life.
After being given a life sentence,
Wiley shouted at the judge “I don’t give a ****.
I’m not scared of none of that ****.
I don’t care, I got no where to go.
I’m Gotti, I’m Tweety. Nut Cases!”.
So clearly, he was on demon time
and didn't care about the consequences of his crime spree.
But just like Stubby Gang, most of the founding members of Case Gang are dead or behind bars.
Today a whole new generation of savages is roaming the streets.
Most members of Case Gang are known to live in a neighborhood called Bossland,
specifically the Hillside Apartments.
But they can also be found in other parts of East Oakland - just like their rivals.
It’s been rumored that the Nutcases were the dominant gang in Oakland in the ‘90’s
and all the other local gangs were formed to go against them
including Stubby gang.
Their beef goes back as far as the slaying of Edward Hampton and Nario Jackson,
who were allegedly killed by someone affiliated with the Case Gang.
This sparked a deadly war that continues to this day.
The history of this beef is too bloody to name all the individual hits and shootouts between the two gangs.
But, the violence got so bad that local police had to bring on the help of 27 different law enforcement agencies
to take down the gangs,
in an investigation they called Operation Windstar.
More than 50 people arrested,
forty guns confiscated.
Today investigators detail the deadly gang war that span from Oakland to Antioch.
They uncovered it during the investigation
of a homicide last year.
During their investigation,
authorities created a timeline of events
that detailed a series of murders that began in January 2020 and lead up to the present.
A wave of shootings in the summer of 2020
would be the spark behind the investigation and eventually lead to a series of arrests in 2021.
On June 25th, 2020,
a 19-year-old member of Stubby Gang
named Charles Bolden Jr. was shot on 77th Ave.
Just two days later, shots were fired into the home of Case Gang member
Daunzhay Young in Antioch, CA.
Antioch is a peaceful suburban city about 40 minutes from Oakland.
The shooting was a huge surprise to neighbors and local law enforcement,
who were not used to that kind of violence in their neighborhood.
Young barely survived the first shooting,
only to be shot again just 13 days later outside his own home.
He would survive the second time as well,
only to be gunned down a few weeks later on August 29th, 2020.
The killer allegedly spotted him in front of his home in Antioche,
chased him down and shot him with an AR-style pistol.
After he was hit, the killer then stood over him,
letting off more shots to make sure that he was dead.
The brutality of his murder would shock Antioche police,
who had already been receiving complaints from residents.
The crime rate in the area had spiked after a new Section 8 program
had brought more low-income residents from Oakland into Antioch,
so police were desperate to solve this murder before more happened again.
They responded by launching a major investigation into the murder.
The more they dug, the more they uncovered the blood trail
left in the wake of the Case Gang – Stubby Gang beef.
After reviewing surveillance footage from the area, they determined that Young’s killers
fled in a silver Ford Windstar minivan.
This is where Operation Windstar truly began.
Andre Senior joins us now live with the details
of what was called operation Windstar.
Andre.
And good evening to you Juley, the reason it was called operation Windstar
because of the mini van that was seen driving away from the scene of the murder.
That touched off this whole investigation.
An eyewitness who saw the shooting
was able to help authorities create a sketch of the alleged killers.
This eventually led police to the father-son duo of Charles Bolden Jr – age 19
and Charles Bolden Sr. age 42.
Police arrested seven people, among them a father and son.
42-year-old Charles Bolden and his 19-year-old son of the same name.
Authorities say the investigation has led to the arrests or identities of 36 adults
and 15 juveniles.
From both gang who are connected to drug sales,
violence and murder.
have claim the The son was the Stubby Gang affiliate who was shot on 77th Ave,
just two days before Daunzhay Young was shot for the first time.
So it seems like Jr was out for revenge and took his father with him to finish off the job.
This led authorities to realize that this was not just a random crime,
but a decade-long gang beef that was being passed from one generation to the next.
Just two days after Young was murdered.
Two Stubby Gang members were allegedly shot at more than 56 times with an AR-15,
but both would survive.
Not long after, a memorial was held for Daunzhay Young outside the house in Antioche where he was killed.
Stubby gang members pulled up to the scene and let off at least 13 shots,
but luckily no one was hit.
This same house would be shot up again months later in December 2020.
Young’s family was home at the time,
but no one was seriously injured.
On February 27th, 2021,
a 21-year-old Case Gang member was pumping gas at a gas station in Antioche,
when a Stubby Gang member hopped out of a car and started shooting at him.
Other Case Gang members with the victim at the time started firing back.
The victim was shot a total of 10 times but survived after being rushed to the hospital.
Case gang wouldn’t waste any time with the pay back and would shoot up a known ENT spot later that same day.
No one was hit, but police were already on high alert
for possible gang activity and would end up detaining the suspects after a long foot chase.
A total of 7 case gang members were caught,
along with multiple weapons.
Police were able to determine that the bullets in the guns they recovered
matched the shell casings found in the parking lot of the gas station,
proving that the two shootings were related.
Just 10 days after that, in March 2021,
Stubby Gang members would be looking for payback.
They would sit outside the home of a Case Gang member on Aspen Way in Antioch all day,
just waiting for the right moment to strike.
When their target finally stepped outside to get into a vehicle,
they popped out and started letting off shots.
Both the target and the person driving the car were hit.
They had to be airlifted to the hospital but survived.
The city of Antioch is much different than East Oakland,
and residents had no issues cooperating with the police.
They submitted surveillance footage, eyewitness testimony,
and all kinds of other evidence to help police stop the violence in the community.
With this information, police were able to obtain search warrants
to raid the homes of suspected gang members in Oakland and Antioch.
During the search, they recovered over 40 firearms and more than $100,000 in cash.
This also led to the arrest of Stubby Gang members Eric Windom and Keyshawn McGee
for the shooting that occurred on Aspen Way in March.
They also assembled a fugitive task force to take down other members of the gang
who were still on the run.
They pulled over a suspect named Trent Allen,
who ended up getting out of his car
and fleeing the scene on foot before being questioned by police.
After a long chase through an office park and a residential neighborhood,
he was eventually taken into custody.
They also located two suspects Terryonn and Armony Pugh,
who were hiding out at a safe house in American Canyon, CA.
Terryonn tried to flee but was later captured and Armony was taken without any issues.
They were all arrested for their involvement in the Aspen Way shooting.
Terryon Pugh was also linked to the gas station shooting
that occurred 10 days earlier and hit with separate charges.
Operation Windstar was considered a major success
that managed to take down several high-ranking members of both gangs.
In total 36 members were identified and arrested for crimes including murder, assault,
robbery, and possession of illegal firearms and narcotics.
It seems like Stubby Gang got a little too cocky
and started doing dirt outside of their own city.
It's easier to get away with street activities in the hood,
where residents are either bound by the street code or scared to cooperate with authorities.
But when you start doing drive-bys in the suburbs,
you have to expect that the neighbors are going to snitch.
Hopefully, this investigation puts an end to the war between Case and Stubby Gang,
now that they know they’re being watched.
Too many people have already been killed in this deadly beef.
But with so many lives already lost,
it seems likely that the war will continue once the heat dies down.
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