Their territory is located from Central (west) to Mary (east) from Manchester (north) to Florence (south). Before the formation of this gang, "the Avenues", led by Craig Monsoon were the active gang in this area from 1965 to 1971.
The name of the Kitchen Crips Gang comes from a store that was once located at 8608 South Central Avenue, called Kitchen Liquor, between Florence & 87th Streets and an early hang-out for its original members during the early 1970s.
Leonard Hall Sr. is considered one of the co-founders of Kitchen Crip during the early 1970s. In July 2015, his son and Kitchen Crip member, Leonard Hall Jr., was found guilty on one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with the accidental killing of Aaron Shannon Jr., 5, on Halloween 2010.
