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News Jul 16, 2019
Derion Davon Lee. – Courtesy photo / Pasadena PD
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Derion Davon Lee. – Courtesy photo / Pasadena PD
One of the four Duarte gang members convicted of murder last December in connection with three homicides in Pasadena between 2016 and 2017 was sentenced July 8 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Ricardo Santiago from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office told Beacon Media that Derion Davon Lee, 36, was convicted of conspiracy, and three counts of first-degree murder.
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The men were killed during a wave of shootings connected to a gang war between Pasadena and Duarte-based street syndicates.