Northeast L.A. 'monster' gets death

A Northeast Los Angeles gang leader described by police as a monster who boasted in rap lyrics about his hatred of police and his love of killing was sentenced to death Friday for the murder of two rival gang members and the girlfriend of a third.

Timothy Joseph McGhee, 35, sat handcuffed in an orange jail uniform as Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry said McGhee treated killing "as some kind of perverse sport, as if he was hunting human game."

"He is a committed killer," Perry said.

Authorities described McGhee as a thrill killer who was among the most feared members of the long-entrenched Toonerville gang, which claims as its turf a largely middle-class area north of Los Feliz Boulevard between San Fernando Road and the Los Angeles River.

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--Jack Leonard

Photo: McGhee waves to friends and family after being sentenced to death. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Bill]

TVR

[steve rodriguez]

What about the other "monster gang leaders?"
Justice should also be served to them!

[Stacey]

Thank goodness for the death penalty, this piece of excrement should not be able to take another breath, or eat our food or have state/penal medical care that we all pay for through our taxes. It is time for working, honest, tax paying citizens to take back our Northeast LA streets. It is horrible here, the gangs, crime, sirens, are very scary. thank you.