August 14, 1953 - Raymond Washington

Raymond Lee Washington (August 14, 1953 – August 9, 1979) was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles. Washington formed the Crips as a minor street gang in the late 1960s in South Los Angeles, becoming a prominent local crime boss.

On August 9, 1979, Raymond Washington was murdered in a drive-by shooting shortly after his release from prison.

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