The Pirus are a subset of the Bloods gang alliance, founded in 1969 in Compton, California by Sylvester Scott and Vincent Owens. They are primarily African American and engage in drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, and murder. The Pirus formed as a rival to the Crips and later became part of the larger Bloods alliance. They remain active as of the present.
CRIMENET has extracted 17 linkages for this organization, including 8 cooperative ties across 7 organizations, 4 conflicts across 2 organizations and 5 other connections.