Columbia Gang Killings Spike Investigators Link 5 Recent Shootings As Activity Climbs

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COLUMBIA - Columbia area investigators say six recent killings involving victims younger than 30 were all gang-related. And, investigators say, five of those killings were connected to each other.

Fifteen-year-old Brian Wright was killed in February when rival gang members opened fire on a group of about 35 people outside a Waffle House restaurant. Doniesha Smallwood, 18, was a witness to that shooting who police said was aiding investigators. She was killed Aug. 5.

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Columbia Gang Killings Spike Investigators Link 5 Recent Shootings As Activity Climbs

A distant cousin of Brian Wright's, Kyara Fitzgerald, 21, was shot and killed Aug. 6. Charged in ...

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