Name: Last:Washington First:Raymond

Position: Original Fonder of  South Central Los Angelos street gang that was later known as the Crips

Partner: Stanley Tookie Williams

Born- August 14, 1953

Death- August 9, 1979 (25 years old)

Raymond Washington was a man of values. While living a life of crime, he didn’t believe in firearm combat. Washington Raymond believed in fist fighting to solve problems. His influence on the Crips gang didn’t last long. Once he was murdered, guns became a widely used weapon amongst the Crips.

Washington Raymond, the creator of the Crips gang, is said to have first started his gang, calling it the Baby Avenues. It then later on evolved into the Avenue Cribs. It remained the Avenue Cribs until it later became simply “Crips”.

Growing up, Raymond was a bully. Washington Raymond is said to have not let anyone outside of his community just walk through freely. Raymond Washington would bully those who lived in the neighborhood. The police were always looking for him. He was a well built person, so it was easy for him to intimidate others.

As gangs became more common in the environment, Raymond Washington gathered neighborhood youth and created the Baby Avenues. They wanted to emulate the older street gang, the Avenue Boys. They then began calling themselves the Avenue Cribs, due to their young age. Washington Raymond was the best fighter of his gang and was feared by his fellow gang members. He then influenced other gangs to make more Crip sets, such as the Westside Crips, which was formed by Stanley Tookie Williams.

Raymond Washington was murdered in 1979 as a result of a sawed-off shotgun blast. Some legends state that Washington was murdered by a member of the Hoover Crips, whiles others state Raymond was murdered by Bloods.