Video After The Jump
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Self-professed violent Detroit gang members bragged about their murderous ways online - and are now sentenced to federal prison.
Court records show the brothers were gang members on the west side of Detroit. They were involved in drug dealing and intimidation, according to authorities.
Antoine and Austin Woods were known to post on social media to enlist others to engage in violence. But in 2015 their reputations suffered a blow after an altercation at Fairlane Town Center was caught on video. It showed known rival “Baby James” chasing the brothers throughout the mall.
When that video was posted on social media, the Woods brothers were humiliated and, according to court documents, wanted revenge.
And the same day: Antoine Woods bragged "We don't conversate we demonstrate redrum (murder backwards)."
The brothers trying to shoot "Baby James" outside a Detroit exotic dancer club - and instead, hit an innocent bystander and shot up another woman's car. And then, around midnight Dec. 20, a drive-by shooting at Baby James’ grandmother’s home, according to authorities.
Three people were inside the home, including a young child, police said. Nobody was shot.
They are charged with 17 counts including racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice.
The apparent leader - Antoine - was sentenced to 32 years in prison. His older brother, Austin, was sentenced to 14 years.
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