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00:00South, South, South, South of every direction.

00:30South, South, South, South.

01:00South, South, South, South, South, South.

01:11Tonight a convicted gang leader is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

01:15The crimes go back to 2015.

01:17Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Antonio Simmons led the 9-trade Gangsters Bloods Gang

01:23and today we learned he will serve more than three life terms.

01:27Then at your side, Gina Arevalo joins us in the newsroom and, Gina, prosecutors say justice

01:32has been served.

01:33Yeah, Tom and Anita, U.S. attorneys thanked police for their help with the case that spanned

01:37nearly all of the seven cities.

01:39Simmons was the last in the group of six men to be sentenced for their roles in the murders

01:44of five people along with several other crimes.

01:46Three consecutive life terms plus an additional 40 years.

01:51That's the sentence handed down to Antonio Simmons, the ringleader of the 9-trade Gangsters.

01:57Federal prosecutors say Simmons, also known as Murdoch, and five other gang members from

02:01Portsmouth and Norfolk murdered two men and three women, most of whom had no affiliation

02:07with that gang or any other.

02:09One of the victims was a mother killed randomly while walking home from her shift at work.

02:13The gang's crime spree also included attempted murders and multiple drug and gun offenses.

02:18According to court documents, two people were killed during robberies that Simmons ordered

02:22his members to commit.

02:24Court documents even say Simmons ordered the killings of rival high-ranking gay members who

02:28were also part of the 9-trade Gangsters.

02:31A woman who opened the door at a rival member's house was shot six times when she said the man

02:36they were looking for wasn't home.

02:39While the men fled the shooting, they shot at witnesses, looking out of their windows.

02:43Thankfully, that woman survived.

02:45The U.S. Attorney's Office says this case sends a clear message to gang members.

02:49You will be caught and you will be prosecuted.

02:54Altogether, this group of gang members led by Antonio Simmons was given nine life sentences

02:58and 203 years in prison.

03:01Live in the newsroom, Gina Arevalo sit on your side.