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Third man jailed for Indian gang-related shooting


Police have arrested a third man wanted for a gang-related shooting at an Indian housing complex in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Edison J. Mahkuk, 19, was picked up and jailed early Tuesday. He is one of three men facing charges for the shooting deaths of Del Benjamin and Joseph Burns.

Makhuk, Michael J. McFarlane, 24, and Vincent L. Williams, 21, are said to be members of the Native Mob gang. They allegedly confronted Benjamin and Burns, members of the rival Project Boyz gang at the Little Earth of United Tribes housing complex.

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One of three double-homicide suspects jailed (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 12/8)
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