A man police believe is connected to a shooting in March at a Thornton gas station turned himself in to authorities Tuesday.

Two men accused of murder in the death of a suspected gang member will be arraigned today in San Joaquin County Superior Court. The two men and one other are suspected of killing Danilo Sandoval, 20, of Lodi in March at a Chevron gas station in Thornton.

Officers arrested five suspected Norteño gang members accused of threatening a man and brandishing a firearm, according to Lodi police.

Lodi police arrested two more suspects they believe were involved in an armed robbery at Lodi Lake on April 13.

A man drinking with friends at the north end of Lodi Lake in the wee hours of Saturday morning was robbed at gunpoint by several suspected members of the Norteño gang from Woodbridge, according to Lodi police.

A gang-related shooting took place Friday afternoon in the 900 block of Calaveras Street, according to Lodi police. No one was injured, but three people were arrested.

Lodi gang violence is on the rise, and young men, especially on the Eastside, are recruited into the ranks of Norteños and Sureños. Gang life can be violent, lethal — but also alluring. Escaping gangs is no simple task. Yet three local men did it. These are their stories.

From 8 a.m. Friday through 8 a.m. Monday, the Lodi Police Department received 437 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Here is a sampling of calls to the Lodi Police Department from Friday through Monday:

A 17-year-old was stabbed Wednesday when a fight with four other teenagers escalated during the lunchtime rush at Burger King on Kettleman Lane, police said.

Three Sureño gang members were arrested Tuesday after they allegedly threatened a witness to not notify police of a confrontation they had with Norteño gang members.

At approximately 3 p.m., the Special Investigation Unit of the Lodi Police Department was called out to the area of Locust and Washington streets after they received a call that a small group of gang members was in the area and that one possibly had a gun, according to Det. Larry Fluty.

"Anthony" was raised in East Los Angeles and joined a gang associated with the Sureños when he was 13 years old. His father and uncles were also members, and Anthony said it didn't feel like anything was wrong or unusual when he began participating.

"I saw it as a close-knit community," he said. "It was seen as all of us just being together. It was part of growing up."

Gang-related violence has exploded in Lodi since mid-May.

But the shootings, stabbings, brandishings and assaults have not been randomly spread throughout town.

Gang-related incidents aren't cropping up on Lodi's west side, its northern edge or its southern fringe.

The bloodshed has been concentrated in one section of Lodi, an older part of town once home to a host of German families, now inhabited largely by new immigrants. It is a 50-block area, roughly, of vintage bungalows, ramshackle alleys and front doors affixed with security screens. It is home to many younger families, couples, merchants — and it is now a battleground for the Norteños and Sureños.

In the 97 hours after 9 a.m. Friday, the Lodi Police Department received 608 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls:

New details emerged in the case of two teens accused of a one-night crime spree in November, as a preliminary hearing wrapped up in San Joaquin Superior Court on Friday.

Lodi police are asking for help from the community to curb a recent string of gang-related crimes, which have only escalated as January has progressed.

An 18-year-old reported gang member was arrested Friday for a non-injury shooting that took place in Galt on Wednesday afternoon. Joel Anaya, of Sacramento, was arrested at around 7:30 a.m. by the Galt Police Department at the suspect's residence, according to Lt. Jim Uptegrove with Galt police. The Sacramento SWAT team assisted with the arrest, which Uptegrove said happens often for violent crimes that involve firearms.

Two alleged local gang members are facing a litany of felony charges for their involvement in two incidents Wednesday night, culminating in a rollover vehicle accident at the end of a high-speed chase with local police.

A documented Lodi gang member and parolee was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly confronting and punching someone he thought belonged to a rival gang.

Troy Campbell knows about gangs. By the time he was in eighth grade, he was running with a Compton gang and selling drugs. By age 17, he said he was earning $3,000 an hour in his trade.

Lodi police found four casings from a nine-millimeter gun in the street in the 1800 block of South Central Avenue at 9:40 p.m. Saturday.

A 23-year-old Lodi man received a minor injury to his arm Thursday night after suspected gang members shot at his vehicle in the Kmart parking lot.

Two Lodi gang members are now serving prison sentences for attacking two brothers because one happened to be wearing a red belt, the color of their rival gang.

A year ago, the city of Galt had 128 validated gang members. Now, that number is at 147.

Lodi Unified School District trustees will host a series of town hall meetings regarding budget issues as part of an effort to maintain open lines of communication with the community they serve.