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Gabrielle was in his backyard when someone shot him in the head at close range. he was a gang member, and this looked like a hit. at the crime scene detective wayne fields picked up on a telling detail. >> whoever walked up on gabriel walked up to him. he had a gun in his waist and never pulled it out. that tells me that he knew whoever killed him. >> detective fields knew ayalla well. >> so it was not a big surprise what happened to him? >> it was not if, but when. >> it was a matter of time. >> yeah, his time was coming. he was too active, too well known. he played too hard trying to be too ...

Bulletproof vests. >> reporter: detective fields believes the events leading up to ayalo's execution began long ago. two years before he was killed, a rival gang member named francisco sanchez was approached by two gunmen outside this apartment. one suspect shot him multiple times. as he fell to the ground right here, the second suspect shot him again. authorities suspect the murder of sanchez was in retaliation for the killing of a rival two days earlier. gabrielle was one of the suspected shooters charged with killing sanchez, but the case against him fell apart. >> it was a mistrial. his co...

>> he was a gang member. every be in this division knew the ayala family well. >> they were well known? >> well known us to. several search warrants at that location, got guns, dope, bulletproof vests. >> reporter: detective fields believes the events leading up to ayala's execution began long ago. two years before ayala was killed, a rival gang member named francisco sanchez was approached by two gunmen outside this apartment. one suspect shot him multiple times, and as he fell to the ground right here, the second suspect shot him again. authorities suspect the murder of sanchez was in retali...

And his cohort was convicted for that murder. >> reporter: so gabriel was killed by his own gang? >> i believe so. >> reporter: in the tug of war between gang rivalry and loyalty, gabriel ayala became a victim of both. what does that say about all that talk about gangs being a family? >> a dysfunctional family, as dysfunctional as they come. they don't share, they don't spend money on one another other than to buy beer, maybe some dope. >> reporter: it's not a band of brothers. >> not even close. >> reporter: what will it take to solve gabriel's murder? >> that's one of the toughest ones you a...

Are him, was held on a separate charge so he was in custody. gabriel got released. >> reporter: this man, ayala's co-defendant, a member of the same gang was prosecuted and convicted of first-degree murder while gabriel ayala walked free. so what did his gang think? >> they thought he talked. >> they considered him a snitch? >> they considered him a snitch. >> reporter: richard moya is a former gang member who knows the inner working of gangs. the term snitch what does that mean on the street? >> the term snitch is basically somebody that's talking to the cops, law enforcement, anybody that's ...