FORT LAUDERDALE - Eight suspected members of a "violent, criminal gang" were charged in a 33-count indictment that includes eight first-degree murder counts, the Broward Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.

Detectives began investigating the string of killings after a fingerprint belonging to Sigmund Brown, 27, was uncovered on a car tied to the January murder of 17-year-old Terrance Farrington at a Best Buy in Plantation, deputies say. Brown, according to investigators, is a leader of the Dania Hot Boyz or Grand Mafia gang.

Eight gang members were detained by the Broward Sheriff's Office for multiple violent crimes in Broward County.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced the arrests of eight suspects, who they say are believed to be members of a “violent, criminal gang.”

Eight men accused of committing eight murders as part of a Broward gang were officially charged in court Wednesday, capping a 10-month investigation that officials say began with a fingerprint. Terrance Farrington Jr.