The Time U S Army Rangers got in a gunfight with the Hilltop Crips, Tacoma Wa 1989

U S Army Rangers got in a gunfight with the Hilltop Crips, Tacoma Wa 1989

BLATANT DRUG DEALING aka THE ASH STREET OPEN-AIR DRUG MARKET

In 1989, Ash Street was an open-air drug market. There were several hot spots, but the epicenter was a little house numbered 2328, where Renae Harttlet, 18, lived with her boyfriend, Mark “Marco” Simmons – the main dog on the street, according to neighbors who remember.
The drug traffic had always been around, but by the summer 1989, it had grown blatant, fueled by an influx of gang members moving in from California and other areas.

Sgt. Bill Foulk was an Army Ranger at Fort Lewis, Washington, when he purchased a cheap house in a rough Tacoma neighborhood as an investment in 1989.
To protect that investment, he was determined to help push the drugs and gangs out by any means necessary. He had no idea he was about to see combat from his living room.

Foulk told The Associated Press that gang members began to threaten him when they noticed he was filming their movements. When he feared that the gang was about to take action against him, he called friends from the 2nd Ranger Battalion to his house to have a "party" and be present in case the house was attacked. Again, he wasn't wrong.

Just after the Rangers arrived on Sept. 23, 1989, some 15 to 20 gang members began to shoot up the 32-year-old's house while his buddies were inside. Luckily, the Rangers had brought their own personal weapons to the party. The Crips were probably surprised when their would-be victim's house began to return fire.

Links and Video

►That Time Army Rangers Got in a Gunfight with the Crips Street Gang
https://www.military.com/history/time-army-rangers-got-gunfight-crips-street-gang.html

►Off-Duty Soldiers Shoot It Out With Drug Suspects – LA Times – 1989
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-25-mn-179-story.html

►Ranger vows to protect home against drug dealers
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/09/24/Ranger-vows-to-protect-home-against-drug-dealers/3508622612800/
Ranger Ash Street Shootout Remains Part of Tacoma’s Gang Lore
http://www.southsoundtalk.com/2019/04/05/ranger-ash-street-shootout-remains-part-of-tacomas-gang-lore/

History of Youth Gangs
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/jjbulletin/9808/history.html

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