

Sweet phoned Carl to inform him of their mother's death, and Carl agreed to return to Los Santos for the funeral.Ĭarl arrives at the airport and takes a taxi back to his mother's house. However, instead of Sweet, the Ballas killed Beverly. They used a Sabre to perform a drive-by shooting on The Johnson House. In 1992, the Ballas planned to assassinate Sweet to deprive the Families of their leader and take over their territories. The gang maintained control of their remaining territories by splitting up into three factions: the original Grove Street Families (ruling Ganton), the Seville Boulevard Families (having control of Playa del Seville) and the Temple Drive Families (mainly establishing themselves in Temple and Santa Maria Beach). The Grove Street Families began losing power, with their enemies strengthening due to the highly-lucrative drugs trade in Los Santos, and eventually lost turf to Ballas and the Vagos. Sweet held Carl responsible for Brian's death, which led to Carl leaving Los Santos and moving to Liberty City, where he started working as a car thief for Joey Leone. The cause of his death was never revealed, though it is implied that Carl was present and did not attempt to help him. The Grove Street Families gained power in Los Santos, fighting with the Ballas and Vagos for control of the streets. Sweet, CJ and their friends, Melvin Harris ("Big Smoke") and Lance Wilson ("Ryder") joined the Grove Street Families gang as children, with Sweet working his way up the ranks to become the gang's leader, whilst Carl became the underboss and Big Smoke and Ryder became high-ranking lieutenants. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.Ĭarl "CJ" Johnson was born and raised in Grove Street, Ganton, Los Santos, sharing a house with his mother Beverly, brothers Sean ("Sweet") and Brian and sister Kendl. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster.

Where film stars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers.

a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. 2.3 Whetstone, Flint County, & Red Countyįive years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas.
