Shootings of college students in 2007 called gang-related | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/08/2010
Shootings of college students in 2007 called gang-related Philadelphia Inquirer 04/08/2010 : "gang expert expected to testify against a man charged with murdering three friends in a Newark schoolyard in 2007 said Wednesday that the slayings were gang-related and not the result of a random robbery attempt as originally speculated. New York State Police investigator Hector Alicea testified at a pretrial hearing in the case of Rodolfo Godinez, the first of six defendants to face trial in the murders of Terrance Aeriel, Iofemi Hightower, and Dashon Harvey. A fourth victim was shot in the head and survived but is not being identified by The Associated Press because of sexual-assault charges against two other defendants. Three of the friends were Delaware State University students, and a fourth had planned to enroll that fall. The barbarity of the killings - police said three of the victims were lined up in front of a wall and shot in the head, and a machete was used to slash at lea...