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Ronald Martin

Case from Los Angeles, CA dated Apr 27, 1997

Victim Details

Ronald Martin

Male

White / Caucasian

Los Angeles

CA

1997-04-27

25

Ronald

Martin

07/24/2026

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On October 14, 1997, Ronald Martin, a 25-year-old white male and member of a rival gang, was brutally murdered in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. He was shot 28 times in a calculated execution carried out by Timothy Joseph McGhee, a high-ranking member of the Toonerville Rifa 13 gang. This act marked the beginning of a series of violent crimes attributed to McGhee, who terrorized the community with a string of murders and attempted murders over the following years.

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