Gangs’ ‘power struggle’ cited in court records

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Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies recovered a gun but are still searching for a known gang member they say caused a minor crash while fleeing from a traffic stop Tuesday in Newhall.

Local detectives are still trying to piece together the motives and perpetrators behind the escalating violence in Newhall of late, with court records detailing their attempts to put together any digital trails a suspect might leave behind.

The latest developments for local detectives working the investigation focus around several shootings that happened over the summer.

Investigators with the station’s Juvenile and Gangs Team now suspect the incidents are tied to a power struggle between a longtime local gang and a rival San Fernando Valley faction, according to detectives’ signed, sworn statements to an L.A. County Superior Court judge…

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