Mason Shepard

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### General Information

Mason Lee is a North Carolinian street racer who moved to Los Santos to rejoin his crew The 14 Karat Triad that he founded with Ralphie McCormick 3 years ago. Mason strives to make a name for himself and his crew in the criminal underworld achieving so much with only a little over a month of being in city. He hopes to make friends outside of the crew and find his place in Los Santos.

### 14 Karat Career

Around 3 years ago Mason flew into a new city and tried to find his place. He met a biker, his name was Ralphie McCormick. Mason soon joined the MC Ralphie was apart of and spent some time there. after some time, Ralphie and Mason became disgruntled and chose to leave and initiate a war with the MC. This was the Birth of the 14 Karat Triad and the start of Mason's career with Ralphie and the crew. Some time would pass and the gang would all reunite in Production City. Mason and the crew hit the ground running moving up on the totem pole fast. Eventually trouble would start with the southside crew known as CGF. This would be Mason's first war in the new city. This was a huge turning point for Mason when he realized that his specialties lied mostly in combat. Mason's first official "Kill" in a war in the new city was the leader of former crew CGF, Von. After the war wrapped up Mason took over the role as Heist Operation officer and made sure he did it well. Over the following weeks Mason would manage and plan every single heist in the city and every single one was executed and completed to its fullest extent. Around this time MCD started to take notice of 14K and Mason's activity. In the following days Mason would start to notice unmarked vehicles watching him at his block and other places. This would lead to Mason's first arrest with the Major Crimes Division. Right off the bat Mason seemed to get along with and understand the detectives more than most criminals would. This would be the start of Mason's relationship with MCD and the Police Department as a whole. Mason would continue to do his job as an officer all the while planning his exit from the Triad. Around this time a war with another south side crew "The Vagos" would kick off. Mason would amass over 15 kills during this week long war and often times face them head on in the barrio in hopes of showing the Vagos who was winning. after about a week Mason was pulled into an interrogation room where Detective Mann asked Mason to promise to end the war by the weekend as it was getting out of control. Mason fulfilled this promise and the war was over by Monday morning. About a week after the war was over Mason finally decided to put his plan into action. He started slow, he first spoke to people in the Departments he trusted. he started with a conversation with SASP troopers Luna, and Phoenix. then spoke to Frank Landmark and Maddie Wisteria. after some days he expanded this to detectives such as Dazzler, Cappareli, Savage, and Murdock. After figuring out his plan he was finally ready to quit. on his way to the block to announce his leaving he received a phone call to go to the Vespucci Canals and that his close friend Josh Garcia was in critical condition. He would later pass away at Oceanside hospital. Mason would return to the block and cut his ties with The 14 Karat Triad for good.