A Los Angeles gang member who served less than four years in prison after being convicted of a double murder as a teen is now back in custody and charged in a new slaying.
Shanice Dyer, a member of the East Coast Crips, was treated with kid gloves after prosecutors opted to try her as a juvenile in the 2019 killing of two innocent men because she was only 17 at the time, Fox affiliate KTTV-TV News reported.
Last week, Dyer, 22, and two other gangbangers were charged with fatally shooting Joshua Streeter, 21, in Pomona — sparking renewed criticism of embattled LA County District Attorney George Gascon.
Gascon has repeatedly come under fire for his soft-on-crime reputation and has survived two separate recall attempts since the progressive DA took office in 2020.
“Gascon’s reform aimed to rehabilitate and give people a second chance, but since the incident no one has ever reached out to the victims,” fumed Cynthia Carrera, whose brother, Alfredo, was killed by Dyer in 2019.
“No one ever asked, ‘What can we do for you?’”
Alfredo Carrera, an expectant father at the time, and his pal, Jose Flores Velazquez, who had just landed a job with NASA, were shot dead simply because they were on gang turf, the outlet reported.
Dyer was arrested and charged, but Gascon’s office opted to try her as a juvenile — which meant her conviction only put her behind bars for less than four years.
Back on the streets, the female gangbanger and two others were charged last week with shooting Streeter in the back, mortally wounding him, KTTV said.
“George Gascon refused to take responsibility for the fact that his policies have led to this murder,” victims advocate Kathy Cady, a former LA County deputy district attorney, told the outlet. He hides behind explanations that don’t make sense.”
Another rebuke came from the LA Association of Deputy District Attorneys, the Daily Mail reported.
“Dyer, who should have been incarcerated for life, was free thanks to Gascon’s policies,” the group said in a statement. “And now another family is grieving the loss of their loved one.”
In an email to The Post on Monday, a spokesperson for Gascon defended the earlier decision, saying that, under California law, prosecutors were bound to try Dyer as a juvenile.
According to Gascon’s office, the law requires five factors to qualify a minor’s case to be transferred to adult court and Dyer only met one of the criteria — the seriousness of the crime.
“Our heart breaks for the victim and his family,” the statement said. “This is an unimaginable tragedy. However, it is very unlikely that Ms. Dyer would have been transferred under any administration.”
They said the office has transferred 23 juvenile cases to adult court since March 2022.
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