MINNEAPOLIS — A federal grand jury has indicted 11 alleged members of a Minneapolis street gang on charges that include murder, conspiracy and drug trafficking, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Some of the alleged gang members were charged for their roles in seven shootings that killed five people, unsealed court records show. Five people were charged with murder by firearm, while all 11 defendants were charged with conspiracy.

The charges are part of a federal gang crackdown Authorities announced in 2023 that he had caught dozens of members or associates of several Minneapolis gangs. With Wednesday’s announcement, more than 90 people have been charged with gang-related crimes since the operation began, prosecutors said.

Alleged Lows gang members are also charged with fentanyl trafficking and illegal gun possession.

“The Lows are an exceptionally violent criminal street gang that has terrorized north Minneapolis for nearly 20 years. Through threats and violence — shootings and murders — the Lows gang has long sought to establish control over large swathes of our city,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. “My office will continue to respond to gang violence by treating it as organized criminal activity. This indictment is an important step in dismantling a violent street gang that has devastated families and communities in north Minneapolis.”

Luger’s office built its gang-targeting operation around the Racketeer Corrupt and Influenced Organizations (RICO) statute. Anti-corruption law is used to target organized crime.

Instead of RICO cases, gang-related crimes in Minnesota were traditionally prosecuted individually, Luger said. In recent years, his office has changed its approach and started building cases against criminal organizations that gang members belong to, he added.

Earlier this month, three more people were charged in connection with the federal gang crackdown convict under the RICO statute.