Four-teen is their number. Lately, gang-style graffiti are on the rise and a new gang has introduced itself to the local turf. This year already, two drive-by shootings occurred. Wea-pons include plenty of firearms, yet most fighting occurs with clubs, baseball bats, and knives. We don't have a gang problem like they do in L.A., but we do have gang-related homicides.
Summer is the worst.
As the night drags on, there are more fights and assaults with knives and bottles. From kids on the street to cops on the beat, people say the PSC rule the roost at the Papago Court apartments. Unlike other graffiti, these three-foot letters don't get crossed out by rivals. The apartments owned by Thomas Glenn are in bad shape. Two-story brown plywood structures are arranged in a large rectangle around bruised, battered, leaky carports.