Phoenix gang members get prison terms in Tempe drive-by shooting that killed 5-year-old

Three teen gang members have been sentenced in a 2023 drive-by shooting that killed a 5-year-old boy and wounded two others, authorities said Monday.

Alfred Gary, 18, Freddy Patterson, 18, and Charles Adams, 19, pleaded guilty to a range of felonies, including second-degree murder, according to a release from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

In March 2023, the trio pulled up next to a black Impala stopped at a red light near 48th Street and Broadway Road in Tempe. There were seven people in the other car, most of whom were children and teens, the release stated…

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