I will take a guess regarding the gang connection.
Gang member friends of animal shelter employees “borrow” the guns, use them in crimes, then “return” to the animal shelter.
Since the guns should have been accounted for at all times (but were not), the guns used in the crimes would have been hard to trace.
“I will take a guess regarding the gang connection.”
Your theory is a possibility.
But you know, we shouldn’t have to guess - It’s the job of the reporter to find out why anti-gang units raided six shelters. I guess these days that’s asking a lot of a reporter.