UTV News - Six arrested during Cork murder probe: "Ammunition, phones, documentation and computers were also seized during searches in the Cork City and County areas on Wednesday.

The woman, who is in her 20s, and the five men - one in his 20s, two in their 30s, one in his 40s and one in his 50s - are being held under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act.

Gerard Staunton - a 41-year-old convicted drug dealer - was shot dead outside his home in the Wilton area of Togher, in front of his wife and two young children, on January 20 last year.

In the aftermath of the killing, branded 'callous and brutal' by Superintendent Charlie Barry, details were released of a van used in the murder - a '92 red Toyota LiteAce.

It had been found burnt out in the Castlewhite/Waterfall area a short time after the shooting.

Gardaí continue to appeal for information about Mr Staunton's murder."

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Two gang members given life sentence for murders of rival and his girlfriend - ContraCostaTimes.com: "Two Garden Grove gang members were given life sentences today for gunning down a rival and his girlfriend in Garden Grove in 2007.
Luis Alberto Ramirez, 19, and Jose Roberto Armendariz, 20, were convicted Sept. 27 of first- and second-degree murder with sentencing enhancements for using guns and gang activity.
Orange County Superior Court Judge William Froeberg sentenced Ramirez to life in prison without the possibility of parole and Armendariz was sentenced to 90 years to life in prison, Deputy District Attorney Kim Doyle said.
Ramirez, who was the shooter, and Armendariz went out with co-defendants Luis Menchaca and Diana Estrada just after midnight Aug. 27 and came across rival gang member Oscar Manuel Martinez, who was 24 and lived in Garden Grove, with his girlfriend, Michelle Nicole Miller, Doyle said.
Ramirez opened fire on Martinez and Miller at Pearce Street and the Garden Grove Freeway pedestrian overpass when Martinez insulted them, Doyle said.
Conflicting testimony was given during the trial about why the group went out that night, Doyle said.
'There was some testimony they were just going to get something to eat and there was some testimony they were going out tagging,' Doyle said."

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Notorious BIG murder: LAPD reopens investigation into Biggie's mystery shooting | Mail Online: "Detectives have re-opened a murder investigation into the mystery shooting of one of the biggest names in rap music.

Thirteen years after Christopher Wallace, better known as Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down, Los Angeles Police confirmed that new information has ‘reinvigorated’ the case.

The possible breakthrough in the high profile cold case was revealed by CNN, but police would not give any further details because inquiries were ongoing"

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