A Florida sheriff announced the arrests Friday of two alleged gang members and the hunt for a third suspect in the shooting deaths of three teen companions, while the lawman warned the media not to turn the slayings into a call for more gun control.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at a press conference that the murders are a result of parents and schools failing to raise the male teenage suspects properly, and their crime spree is not a reflection of any need for stricter gun laws.
The juveniles involved in the killings, both the victims and the accused killers, were part of a wannabe gang that carried out a series of robberies that teens referred to as “licks.” Sheriff Woods said police arrested two male teenagers in the shooting deaths that took place over the past week and were searching for a third suspect.
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