It sounds like he was mistaken for being someone else, believed to be at fault in a felony, who WAS a Crip.
This, alas, IS one of the hazards of “CCW while black.” It has been shown by psychologists that people do not distinguish others of a different race as well as they do others of their own race.
But at the same time, this should be the basis of advice to his fellows of similar skin to get that blankety blank Frito Lay factory of chips off of their shoulder. Because THEIR reputations are going to rub off on how the Philando Castiles of the world are viewed.
How do you know he wasn’t one of the robbers? And his own social media port rates himself as a Crip.