2nd Man Faces Gang Murder Charges
An alleged street gang member originally believed to be a victim in the October, 1984, killing of five party-goers outside a South-Central Los Angeles home was ordered Thursday to stand trial on murder charges.
Harold Coleman (Freaky Friday) Hall, 19, was bound over in the so-called “54th Street Massacre” by Municipal Judge Candace Cooper after a one-day preliminary hearing.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Pat Dixon said Hall’s statements during a hearing for massacre suspect Keith Tyrone (Ace Capone) Fudge, 19, and his comments to police led to his being charged with five counts of murder. Hall reportedly drove one of the assailants to the party and then joined the guests after the shootings.
Fudge allegedly shot the party-goers because his car had been taken at gunpoint earlier in the day by members of a rival gang, some of whom apparently were in attendance. A third suspect, Fred Knight, 18, also faces a preliminary hearing in connection with the bloody incident.
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