DETROIT (WWJ) – A 32-year-old Detroit man has pleaded guilty to a 2015 gang hit that claimed the lives of two people, including a rival-gang member and a 13-year-old boy.
As part of his plea deal, Edwin Mills, an admitted member of the “6 Mile Chedda Grove” gang, will be sentenced to 25 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison’s office announced Thursday.
The murder, part of a racketeering conspiracy case investigated by the FBI, happened on Dec. 1, 2015 outside a store near Hayes and Troester Streets on the city’s east side.
Federal prosecutors say Mills and another 6 Mile Chedda Grove member saw the rival gang member outside of a market and opened fire, killing the rival. The hail of gunfire also took the life of a 13-year-old who was sitting on top of a car the other victim was in.
A teen and a young child were also injured in the shooting.
Authorities say the 6 Mile Chedda Grove gang is “a violent organization responsible for murders, assaults, robberies, and narcotics trafficking” in Metro Detroit and in Other states. The gang used violence to retaliate against rivals and to advance members’ positions within the gang, according to Ison’s office.
When Mills was first arrested in 2016, authorities found two AK-47 rifles, a pistol, several hundred rounds of ammunition, multiple loaded magazines of ammunition – including loaded AK-47 magazines taped together, allegedly “for faster reloading” – and a bayonet.
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Mills is the 11th member of 6 Mile Chedda Grove to be convicted in the racketeering case, as 10 other gang members have previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the gang.
“This case represents how violent crime, particularly gun violence, devastates our community, and why I will use every resource of the federal government to bring those who commit violence to justice,” Ison said, per a press release.
Mills is set to be sentenced on Feb. 2 of next year.