Attempted Murder Charges Against The Patterson Brothers, Alleged To Be Members Of The "Scarface" Gang, Who Are Bitter Enemies Of "Taliban/YNT" Street Gang...

MN DOC mugshot, therefore public domain, blog post by John Hoff

Click here to view the criminal complaint.

Murder, I Wrote (Well, Attempted Murder) 

It was back in July when I wrote about Trae Patterson (pictured above) and a guy who turned out to be his brother, Tyrel Lamar Patterson, sitting next to each other on the jail roster. Back in July the murders were coming so fast I couldn't catch up. I was actually looking for a jail booking for a RECENT murder when I came upon charges against the Patterson brothers stemming from an incident in April. 

Well, despite two more fatal North Minneapolis shootings eight hours apart, click here and word of yet another shooting (unknown if it was fatal) a block from my house at 22nd and Aldrich Ave. N., I am actually catching up a little...

Same Rumor, Different Day, Was There A Federal Raid On A House Connected With Taliban Gang?

Police raid stock photo by John Hoff, this does not show alleged raid discussed
in this story, blog post by John Hoff

On February 10, publishing admittedly secondhand information and mere rumor, this blog passed on "word on the street" of a raid by "feds" against a house controlled by the Taliban street gang with arrests of some members.

Today, my same source emphatically reasserts this event did in fact happen and adds, further, it was somewhere between the 33 and 37 block of Emerson Ave. N. or Fremont Ave. N.

The source says it was a "stash house" and guns were seized and that the raid was connected with the shooting death of Tyrone "Ty Crack" Washington at Epic Night Club. Washington was "19 Dipset" and therefore a rival of the Taliban and allied "YNT" gang. There has been an incredible amount of back-and-forth beefing between these gangs, lately, much of it revolving around controversial music videos that appear to reference the murder of Mr. Washington.

This information about a raid continues to be unconfirmed but I know the source to be a sincere person with an ear to the streets. Take that for what it is worth.