From the article: "Woods said all six of the teens had gang ties, and had participated in crimes together prior to the homicides.
'There’s no honor among thieves,' Woods said. 'At some point, these three individuals turned on our three victims and murdered them.'"
There's no excuse for these murders, but ... with regard to the three executed co-conspirators ... play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence