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A Birmingham man facing a capital murder charge is a known member of a violent street gang, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Tavares Tre Von Nelson, 22, was identified by law enforcement as a core member of a local street gang known as Hard 2 Kill, also known as “H2K.”

He pleaded guilty in 2023 to illegally possessing a Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch, and receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm, said the DOJ .

Birmingham police executed a search warrant on Nelson’s apartment, recovering a Glock-.45 caliber pistol equipped with a “Glock switch” – a conversion device designed to illegally convert a semiautomatic Glock pistol into a fully automatic machine gun.

According to a plea agreement, on Nov. 1, 2022, the Unite

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