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MARIETTA, GA. - An alleged member of the Gangster Disciples street gang , who have a long history in the metro Atlanta area , is facing life in prison for his role in a 2015 murder in Austell. A Cobb jury found that Darius Jarrell Dunn , 25, was one of two shooters involved in the death of Anthony Tavarez at an apartment complex on Shenandoah Trail. Tavarez, 23, was shot in the back during an armed robbery shortly after midnight on Sept. 16, 2015. Two codefendants pled guilty to their roles in the case as the trial was scheduled to begin. All three defendants are associated with the gang, prosecutors say. ► RELATED : Prosecutors: ' Gangster Disciples ' gang members killing spree detailed Dunn was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, violation of Georgia’s street gang terrorism and prevention act, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. Cobb Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram set sentencing of Dunn for 1:30 p.m....

MARIETTA, GA -- A Mableton man associated with the Gangster Disciples street gang has been convicted of murder in a 2015 armed robbery at an apartment complex, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced Thursday . Darius Jarrell Dunn , 25, was convicted by a Cobb jury this week, the DA said. Dunn was one of two gunmen involved in the death of Anthony Tavarez at an apartment on Shenandoah Trail. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts . Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app .) In a robbery that turned deadly, Tavarez, 23, was shot in the back just after midnight on Sept. 16, 2015. Two co-defendants -- Melvin William Evans , 32, of Newton and Joshua Raphal Gore , 32, of Austell -- already pleaded guilty to the shooting as the trial neared, the DA said. All three are associated with the Gangster Disciples street gang , the DA said. “Street gangs such as the Gangster Disciples have been perpetrating these senseless acts of violenc...

Five persons suspected of ramming a van into people in Cambrils in Spain have been shot dead, police said hours after 13 people were killed in a similar incident in Barcelona. 7-year-old Sydney boy Julian Cadman is missing after the Barcelona terror attack . SUSPECTS in Spain’s twin terror attacks had been planning an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said, as distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the horror. Police said they shot dead five “suspected terrorists” who had knocked pedestrians down in the Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils in a second attack in the early hours of Friday, and arrested four others as Spain reeled from the deadly violence . Catalonia’s regional police identified three of the suspects who were killed as Moroccan nationals. They were Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24. Police said they suspect 12 people of involvement in the attacks: the five who were killed, four who wer...

T he young men on powerful motorbikes had been coming and going for months, the throbbing sound of Kawasaki engines and the scattering of stones on the track leading to their country house in Alcanar, eastern Spain, announcing their arrival. Neighbours doubted the men, mostly young-looking and all seemingly of north African origin , had rented the house as a holiday home – despite the views out across the sparkling Mediterranean from this ramshackle estate of properties surrounded by scrub, pines and small olive groves . But they knew that Banco Popular had repossessed it and, having lived through a destructive, loan- fuelled property crash , Spaniards tend not to feel much concern when such properties are squatted. “Perhaps someone should have called the police,” said Carmen Circiumaru, who lives a few doors away. “But they never did anything that seemed especially suspicious.” Indeed, the young men, and at least one older, bearded man who sometimes appeared here, were quiet and respe...