According to the site, "Slang Dictionary," in 1969 two guys who lived in Compton, CA named Sylvester Scott and Vincent Owens got together and formed a gang. Because they both lived on Piru Street Owens and Scott named their little group, The Piru Street Boys. They originally aligned themselves with the already established Crips. Then in 1972, there was a, "falling out," between the two organizations. The Piru Street Boys joined forces with other local gangs, and this loose alliance quickly became known as, the Bloods, although other names are still used. For example, those members from Compton are still called Pirus, while those from other locales are known generally as Bloods.
Here is the reason for that abbreviated history. The Oklahoma City FOX News affiliate is now reporting 18-year-old, Jaylan Davis, the first person arrested in the May 3rd Lake Arcadia mass shooting, is a member of the North Highland Piru Bloods. He apparently goes by the street moniker, 3-zzy. (Presumably pronounced three-zy.) According to court records 3-zzy has been a busy young dude when it comes to establishing his creds. He was popped in 2023 for burglary and for being involved in a drive by shooting. In 2024 he was picked up on a firearms charge. All of these, let's say, adventures, were handled through the juvenile court system.
Well 3-zzy has hit the big time now. Police are saying at least 80 shots were fired at the unlicensed party thrown by what was known as, Crowd Control Entertainment. (Crowd Control's Instagram account has been deleted. There is still a YouTube Channel with 13 subscribers, but it doesn't have any content.) By the time it was over 22 people were either wounded, or injured and one, Avianna Smith-Gray, who like 3-zzy was 18--although, unlike him, she was scheduled to graduate from high school a few days after her death. 3-zzy, who reportedly turned himself in, is now looking at felony murder charges.
The cops have also picked up 20-year-old, Trinity Brown in connection with the shooting. Currently she is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm after juvenile adjudication. At age 20 she is also ready for prime time.
The local media accounts of the mass shooting has shifted. Tales of two masked men entering the campground, then randomly opening fire like crazed terrorists have long disappeared. What seems to have transpired was that halfway through the party a fight between two females broke out in the middle of the crowd. It quickly turned into a brawl between to rival gangs. Because of 3-zzy's arrest we can assume one of them was the North Highland Piru Bloods, but the other remains unidentified.
Thanks to the media's reluctance to name the second gang or even to confirm the North Highland outfit's involvement--other than 3zzy's--the entire disaster night boil down to a simple case of alcohol fueled anarchy among a bunch of young people. A bunch of young people who were packing guns, because, you know, this is America and everyone here can and does.
The Edmond police were continuing to search the scene at Scissortail Campground yesterday. It is unclear if they found any new evidence, although one news reporter did find a bullet he pointed out to them. The word is more arrests could be made. Hey, 80 rounds are a lot for just two people. Meanwhile, Edmond Mayor, Mark Nash is continuing to tell everyone the shooting isn't representative of his home which has a population of a little over 100,000. The Mayor has yet to comment on why his police department, or the town's park department who oversees Lake Arcadia, didn't have a clue the May 3rd event was taking place beforehand. I mean, let's face it, Crowd Control Entertainment went out of their way to make sure the party wasn't a secret.
It's unknown if any criminal charges will be filed against Crowd Control Entertainment, or the event's host, DJ Drop It. Right now, it isn't even clear Crowd Control has or had offices. It increasingly feels like it was something thrown together by some pals, one of whom knew Lake Arcadia wasn't patrolled at night by any authorities, at a bar in order to make a quick score.
Indeed, much remains unknown. One thing we do know for sure, however is the family, loved ones, and friends of Avianna Smith-Gray are mourning her loss. She is gone forever not because she was in some gang, real or imagined or because she was involved in the initial altercation in any way. Her life cut short simply because she was at the wrong place at exactly the wrong time.
The other thing we know is Mark Nash and the City of Edmond (79% white, 5% black) are going to make sure someone takes the fall for the Lake Arcadia shooting. The tragedy is that their fervor to get justice might not have anything to do with Avianna Smith-Gray, but rather Edmond's precious public image. Which means, when it comes to Jaylan, 3-zzy, Davis and Trinity Brown--to paraphrase the words of a rural Oklahoma Bail Bondman speaking 31 years ago--that boy and girl need lawyers worse than anyone I've ever seen.
5-15-26
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