A three-week operation spearheaded by the U.S. Marshals Service and Oklahoma City Police Department netted the arrests of 83 people, with the majority of those arrested identified as “known gang members.”

From April 9 to April 30, U.S. Marshals with the Western District of Oklahoma's Metro Fugitive Task Force worked with Oklahoma City officers and other law enforcement agencies across the state to engage in a warrant sweep, known as “Operation Disruption,” which targeted people with violent criminal histories.

During the first two weeks of the operation, detectives and analysts from the Oklahoma City Police Department worked with the Marshals Service to identify and locate each person targeted.

With information gathered on each target, law enforcement officers hit the streets on April 22, eventually arresting 83 people, 57 of whom were tied to gangs such as the Crips, Bloods, United Aryan Brotherhood, the Irish Mob, South Side Locos and others.