Mob Piru

American gang

Criminal organization

Mob Piru

Big Rock (far left; deceased), Suge Knight, Alton "Buntry" McDonald (middle, in fedora; deceased), Roger "Neckbone" Williams (far right), and Travon Lane (bottom). All were members or affiliates of the Mob Piru Bloods.

Territory| East Compton
South Lynwood
Ethnicity| Primarily African American
Activities| Drug trafficking[1]
Robbery[1]
Arms trafficking[1]
Allies| Elm Street Piru
Rivals| South Side Compton Crips
Santana Blocc Compton Crips
Lueders Park Piru
Cross Atlantic Piru

The Mob Piru (also known as MOB Piru, East Side Mob Piru, Insane Mob Gang or Mob Piru Bloods) are a "set" of the Piru gang alliance, which is itself part of the larger Bloods alliance.[2] Suge Knight, the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, is an affiliate.[3][4]

## History

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### Founding of the Bloods

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In 1969, a gang called the Piru Street Boys was founded by Sylvester Scott and Vincent Owens. According to some sources, the Piru Street Boys were initially associated with the Crips,[5] but later had a falling out. However, other sources dispute any alliance, claiming that the Piru Street Boys were victimised by the Crips.[6] Nevertheless, by 1972, the Piru Street Boys formed an alliance with other smaller street gangs such as the Brims, Bishops and Denver Lanes, which also opposed the Crips.[7] This alliance became known as the Bloods, as the members of this alliance called each other "blood".[7]

Over time, more Blood "sets" would form, including the Mob Piru Bloods. According to Reggie Wright Jr., the Mob Piru and Lueders Park Piru were previously one gang, until they split apart.[8]

### Death Row Records

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Suge Knight, who would co-found Death Row Records, became affiliated with the Mob Piru set at some point[3] and hired many Mob Piru members in Death Row Records.[9] When Tupac Shakur joined Death Row Records in 1995, he also became affiliated with the Mob Piru.[10] Other notable Mob Pirus who were associated with Death Row Records include:

* Wardell "Poochie" Fouse, who was implicated in the murder of The Notorious B.I.G. Fouse was shot dead on July 24, 2003.[11]
* Jake "Big Jake" Robles, Suge Knight's bodyguard and friend who was shot dead in an Atlanta nightclub on September 23, 1995, by a Bad Boy Records affiliate while attending a Jermaine Dupri birthday event.[citation needed]
* Trevon "Tre" Lane, who was attacked at Lakewood Shopping Mall by a group of Crips, including Orlando Anderson.[3] Several weeks later, on September 7, 1996, Trevon, and several Death Row members including Suge and Tupac beat Anderson at the MGM Grand.[citation needed] Several hours after this beating, Tupac was shot and died six days later.
* Alton "Buntry" McDonald, who was close friends with Suge Knight. McDonald was shot dead on April 3, 2002.[12]
* Aaron "Heron" Palmer, Suge Knight's bodyguard and friend, who was shot and killed in Compton on June 1, 1997.
* Henry "Hendog" Smith, who designed the logo for Death Row Records.[13] Smith was shot dead on October 16, 2002.[14]

### Feud with Lueders Park Piru

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Although the two gangs were allies, a rivalry developed after a Lueders Park Piru member was murdered in April 2009, leading to a series of shootings between 2009 and 2013.[1] The two gangs attempted to end their rivalry, but were unsuccessful.[1]

## Criminal activities

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The Mob Piru engage in drug trafficking, arms dealing and robbery.[1] Suge Knight is alleged to have provided the Mob Piru with large quantities of assault rifles.[2]

## Depictions in media

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* In the film All Eyez on Me (2017), Trevon Lane says "Piru, you already know what time it is", to Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur, after spotting Orlando Anderson in the MGM Grand.
* In Unsolved (2018), several Mob Piru members including Trevon Lane, Wardell Fouse and Alton McDonald are portrayed.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "People v. Williams". casetext. June 21, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
2. ^ a b "Pirus". April 6, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
3. ^ a b c "Life and death in South Central LA". The Observer. January 9, 2000. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved March 30, 2023. "Then came Marion 'Sugar Bear' Knight – a one-time gang banger with the North Side's MOB Piru."
4. ^ Philips, Chuck (July 31, 2003). "As Associates Fall, Is 'Suge' Knight Next?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 30, 2023. "Knight began to flaunt his connection to an obscure street gang called the Mob Piru."
5. ^ Cawthorne, Nigel (2010). The World's Most Evil Gangsters. John Blake. ISBN 9781784184339. "Their origins lay in the Piru Street Boys, who once wore the blue bandana of the Crips gang and were known, for a short time, as the Piru Street Crips"
6. ^ Flores, R.D. (October 1997). "Crips and Bloods". Office of Justice Programs. Retrieved March 28, 2023. "Other gangs began to form to defend themselves against the Crips. Two of these gangs were the Brims and the Pirus."
7. ^ a b "Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of State Police. p. 4\. "The local sets of anti-Crips included the Piru Street Boys, the LA Brims, the Denver Lanes, the Inglewood Family, the Swans, and the Pueblo Bishops"
8. ^ "Reggie Wright On Biggie's Alleged Killer Poochie: Karma Came For Him/ Turned Down 50k To Betray Suge". Cam Capone News YouTube channel. March 4, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
9. ^ "3 associates of rap mogul arrested". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 2002. Retrieved April 1, 2023. "In the early 1990s, Knight employed both Mob Pirus"
10. ^ "Who killed Tupac Shakur? | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023. "Shakur was tied to the Mob Piru Bloods, a street gang that often battled with the Crips over territory and personal slights."
11. ^ "Wardell Fouse, 43 - The Homicide Report". homicide.latimes.com. July 24, 2003. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
12. ^ "Tupac Pal Shot To Death". www.cbsnews.com. April 5, 2002. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
13. ^ Philips, Chuck (August 1, 2003). "As Associates Fall, Is 'Suge' Next?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
14. ^ "Henry Lee Smith, 33 - The Homicide Report". homicide.latimes.com. October 16, 2002. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

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Bloods

Sets|

* Black P. Stones
* Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods
* Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods
* Dixon Bloods
* Pirus
* Cedar Block Piru
* Elm Street Piru
* Fruit Town Piru
* Lueders Park Piru
* Mob Piru
* Tree Top Piru
* United Blood Nation
* Nine Trey Gangsters
* Sex Money Murder

Members|

* Wardell Fouse
* Suge Knight
* Alton McDonald
* Aaron Palmer
* Omar Portee
* Cle Shaheed Sloan
* Henry Smith
* Regis Deon Thomas
* Skipp Townsend

Related|

| Media|

* Crips and Bloods: Made in America
* Slippin': Ten Years with the Bloods
* Why We Bang

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* Crips–Bloods gang war
* Lee Correctional Prison Riot
* Operation Blue Storm
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Gangs in the United States
List of gangs
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Organized crime groups in Los Angeles

African-American|

| Active|

* Bloods
* Black P. Stones
* Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods
* Cedar Block Piru
* Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods
* Elm Street Piru
* Fruit Town Piru
* Mob Piru
* Pirus
* Tree Top Piru
* Crips
* Grape Street Watts Crips
* Kelly Park Compton Crips
* Nutty Blocc Compton Crips
* Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips
* Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips
* Rollin' 90s Neighborhood Crips
* South Side Compton Crips
* Venice Shoreline Crips

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Deputy gangs|

| Active|

* Compton Executioners
* Lynwood Vikings

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East and Southeast Asian|

| Active|

* 14K
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* Bahala Na Gang‎
* Satanas
* Tiny Rascal Gang
* Wah Ching

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Inactive|

* Black Dragons

European-American|

| Active|

* American Mafia
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Inactive|

* FFF
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Hispanic-American|

| Active|

* Mexican Mafia
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* 38th Street gang
* Avenues
* Azusa 13
* Culver City Boys
* El Monte Flores
* Florencia 13
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* Puente 13
* Santa Monica 13
* Temple Street
* Toonerville Rifa 13
* Varrio Nuevo Estrada
* Venice 13
* Vineland Boys
* Westside Locos
* White Fence

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Outlaw motorcycle gangs|

| Active|

* Chosen Few
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* Devils Diciples
* Hells Angels
* Hessians
* Mongols
* Vagos

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Polynesian-American|

| Active|

* Sons of Samoa
* Tongan Crip Gang

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West Asian|

| Active|

* Armenian mafia
* Armenian Power
* Israeli mafia
* Abergil crime family

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Events|

* Crips–Bloods gang war
* Operation Hammer
* Operation Power Outage
* Watts truce
* Wonderland murders

See also
List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles
Organized crime groups in the Americas
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