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Jan 9, 2009 2:18 pm US/Pacific

L.A. Judge Sentences Gang Killer To Death

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A gang leader described by police as a thrill-killer has been sentenced to death for murdering gang rivals and trying to kill police officers.

Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry on Friday agreed with the recommendation of the jury that 35-year-old Timothy McGhee should be put to death.

Authorities said McGhee was the highest-ranking gang member in the city's tough Atwater Village neighborhood. He was convicted in October 2007 of killing two gang rivals, ages 16 and 17, and a woman.

One of the rivals was shot 28 times as he sketched a picture. Prosecutors said the other was shot because he had the same nickname as McGhee.

The two police officers were led into gang territory and ambushed in 2000. They escaped injury after McGhee opened fire on their patrol car.

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