[2] The Kipps Lane Crew was founded in the 2000s in London, Ontario's Northeast end and was able to keep a low profile during the early years of its existence, although the group began to gain notoriety in the late 2000s.
The actions of the KLC, and other organized crime groups in the city, led to the creation of the London Gang Unit in 2012.
The group is mostly involved in the trade and trafficking of narcotics, but its crimes range from burglary, robbery to assault and murder.
[2] On February 14, 2009, the alleged leader of the KLC, Matthew Owen, was stabbed and killed during an altercation at an East London residence, and another member and two others were injured.
In 2011 a member of the Kipps Lane Crew was sentenced to five years in prison for "possession of a loaded and prohibited firearm, and for the killing of Thi Tran".
The result was the arrest of four members, or affiliates, and the confiscation of a "shotgun and almost 1,900 rounds of various types of ammunition, a taser, pepper spray, stolen IDs and a small amount of methamphetamine".
They also found close to $7,000 in cash [4] London police conducted a raid on a member of the Kipps Lane Crew in February 2015.
Authorities found no evidence of a shooting at the time, but hours later there was reports of a second series of shots just north of Kipps Lane.
[6] In April 2020, London Police conducted raids on multiple properties in the city, including Kipps Lane.