Gang Member Sentenced for 2004 Shooting

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Updated: 3:22 PM Nov 19, 2009 Gang Member Sentenced for 2004 Shooting The U.S. attorney for Nevada says a Las Vegas street gang member has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a 2004 shooting at a North Las Vegas apartment complex. Posted: 3:22 PM Nov 19, 2009

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The U.S. attorney for Nevada says a Las Vegas street gang member has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a 2004 shooting at a North Las Vegas apartment complex.

U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says 22-year-old Charles Richard Jr. was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

Richard pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to murder in furtherance of a racketeering enterprise and one count of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Police say that on Sept. 13, 2004, Richard, who was 16 at the time, and other members of the Squad Up gang organized an ambush-style attack on a group of people gathered outside their homes.

One person was killed and four others shot.

Two other people have been convicted and sentenced in the case.

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