America focus on War on Terror, while gangs in United States getting more organized and violent on our streets .<br />Grace Villavicencio screams, "Oh my God, please don't leave me!" to her son Andrew Vargas, who was shot to death outside their home on Mohave Street. Vargas, 17, grew up in the BAO gang, and his death is being gang-related. Phoenix police detective Rory Kulawiec confronts a suspected gang member. Kulawiec and other members of the police departmentÕs anti-gang unit are looking for those responsible for a drive-by shooting that had recently claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy. Grace Villavicencio explains how she was trying to get her son to breathe while Greer Wilson Funeral Home employee shows the second shot came out from back. Grace Villavicencio, (right) shows her sonÕs Òdog tagÓ to a neighborÕs child to try to persuade the boy not to belong to a gang. VillavicencioÕs 17-year-old son had recently been the victim of what is suspected to be a gang-related killing. Phoenix police anti-gang task force detectives on their beat. Authorities say gangs are terrorizing the city by branching out to crimes not limited to their own circles. Officials say that nationwide gang members outnumber the police. Grace Villavicencio, (left), consoles her son Isidro "Kiki" Vargas soon after his brother was killed in a suspected gang-related shooting in central Phoenix. At the funeral home, she tells him to look at his brother and what can happen when you go to Òthe other side.Ó Villacicencio said she believes that ÒKikiÓ was the intended victim. The funeral director said most of his business comes from gang-related deaths. A small monument made by friends of Andrew Vargas, who was killed in a drive-by shooting outside his home on Mohave Street. About five days later the monument was removed by VargasÕ mother, who said the reminder was more than she could handle. Isidro "Kiki" Vargas sits with his cousin, Gloria Sanchez, while his sister, Laura, sleeps on the couch, waiting to see Andrew Vargas' body for the first time. Yolanda Vargas, second from left, had to be encouraged to finally leave her brother Andrew, following a service for the boy at a west Phoenix funeral home. Andrew Vargas, 17, was killed in a suspected gang-related shooting in June. He was buried wearing a jersey of his beloved AmarŽ Stoudemire, a professional basketball player in the city. Isidro "Kiki" Vargas is consoled by his sister, Yolanda, while others pay respects at the gravesite during Andrew's funeral. Isidro " Kiki" Vargas taking another look at his brother before leaving the cemetery where Andrew Vargas, 17, had just been buried. Andrew Vargas was killed in a June drive-by shooting outside his home near downtown Phoenix. The death is suspected to be gang-related.

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