"The charging documents say all three men were part of the same North Richmond gang that has been feuding with members of a Central Richmond gang for decades. The problems were reignited when Fluker, 27, was beaten and choked unconscious by a Central Richmond rival in Sacramento on June 17, 2024, prosecutors say."
"The very next day, Fluker's fellow gang members, one of whom was in prison at the time, began to text each other to plot revenge, according to the criminal complaint. Let's get jiggy, one North Richmond gang member texted another on the morning of June 18, 2024, in an apparent call to arms."
"Westbrook and Fluker have been charged with murder on suspicion of killing Alvaro Garciapar, 30, and Maciyah Brown, 21, both of Richmond, as well as Brown's unborn child. She was 10 weeks pregnant, prosecutors say. Brown was sitting in a white BMW that Fluker and Westbrook allegedly followed to a store near Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, before opening fire with two pistols and a rifle."
Rondell Fluker, Joseph Westbrook, and Lavaiza Hill face murder, conspiracy, and gun possession charges for three Richmond killings and one Oakland homicide attributed to gang violence. The charges stem from a resurgence of a decades-long feud between North Richmond and Central Richmond gangs. After Fluker was beaten and choked unconscious by a Central Richmond rival in Sacramento on June 17, 2024, gang members began plotting revenge via text messages. Within 24 hours, a pregnant woman and two men were shot and killed in West Contra Costa. Westbrook and Fluker allegedly killed Alvaro Garciapar and Maciyah Brown, who was 10 weeks pregnant. The shooting occurred near Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Richmond, with additional victims injured.
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