BALDWIN: Social media has helped send 43 alleged gang members to jail. New York police say members of two different rival gangs who frequently boast about their shootings on Twitter, on Facebook, and on YouTube. Officers closely, of course, watched what they posted online, and once they had enough evidence, they conducted a large-scale bust. Mike Sheehan from CNN affiliate WPIX has the story.</s>MIKE SHEEHAN, WPIX REPORTER (voice-over): Cops say 25 members of the Wave street gang and 18 other young men from the Hoodstarz are now charged with a litany of crimes, including the murder of an innocent bystander and the shooting of several others, including a 9-year-old boy.</s>KELLY: Over the course of a year and a half, the gang members were responsible for six homicides, 32 shootings in which 38 people were wounded, 36 robberies, seven grand larcenies, and two burglaries.</s>SHEEHAN: The year-long investigation all began when cops and prosecutors began looking at a pattern of cell phone robberies and then followed members of the two feuding gangs on Twitter and YouTube, where they bragged about random attacks, often firing guns into crowds. Detectives say a total of 35 guns were seized during these arrests.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The battle for turf among two violent groups of young men and one young woman has played out in an area of less than a mile and a half.</s>BALDWIN: WPIX with that piece. Those arrested will be arraigned this week. Some defendants are still at large. And here's some trivia for you to use with your friends over dinner. In the last 30 years, every Republican winner of the South Carolina primary has actually gone on to win the GOP presidential nomination. So this is a big deal, folks. Coming up next, we have the head of the South Carolina Republican Party -- there he is -- to talk about the importance of this vote tomorrow. But we'll be right back.
Gang Members Brag on Twitter