Five reputed gang members pleaded guilty Tuesday for their role in a racketeering and conspiracy case involving the 2014 shooting deaths of Doug and Debbie London.

Prosecutors say the Londons were gunned down in their home to keep them from testifying against three United Blood Nation members in an earlier robbery case.

Guilty pleas were entered in U.S. District Court in Charlotte on Tuesday for the following defendants:

? David “Flames” Fudge of Pineville. He drove the get-away car after a failed robbery of the Londons’ mattress store and took an active role planning the London killings, prosecutors say.

? Rahkeem “Hitman” McDonald of Charlotte. He buried the murder weapon and destroyed other evidence, prosecutors say.

? Ibn “IB” Kornegay of Greenville, N.C. He is a top UBN leader from eastern North Carolina, prosecutors say.

? Centrilia “CeCe” Leach of Charlotte. She photographed Debbie London at a court hearing as part of the gang’s plan, prosecutors say.

? Daquan “Day Day” Everett of Charlotte. He hosted a celebration of the Londons’ killings at his home, prosecutors say.

None of the five were at the Londons’ home when the couple was killed, but they played roles before or afterward, prosecutors have said. Their pleas are the most significant development in the case in months, raising the possibility that other plea agreements could be announced soon for some of the remaining defendants.

McDonald, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the aid of racketeering for helping plan the hits on the Londons. McDonald also entered a guilty plea on a racketeering conspiracy charge.

Each murder count carries a possible death penalty while the racketeering charge has a maximum penalty of life in prison. Prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty.

Fudge pleaded guilty to the same murder and racketeering charges as McDonald, plus he pleaded guilty to the mattress store robbery.

Kornegay, 36, pleaded guilty to the racketeering conspiracy charge, as did Leach and Everett. They each face a possible life sentence.

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Not only were they robbed by the tribe, but killed by them as well, after reporting the crime to the police.

Six gang members have been charged in the October 2014 killings of a business couple in Lake Wylie. Three of those members reportedly robbed a store owned by the couple months earlier and were attempting keep the couple from testifying.

Six members of the “United Blood Nation” (UBN) are charged in the killing of Debbie and Doug London, according to court documents. They could receive the death penalty.

Deputies say 61-year-old Debbie London and 63-year-old Doug London were found shot to death in their Tioga Road home on October 23, 2014. The couple’s son, Daniel London, found the couple and called 911.

After an FBI raid of Charlotte’s UBN, 12 defendants were charged in a racketeering operation conspiracy.

Six of those members, Jamell Lamon Cureton, David Lee Fudge, Randall Avery Hankins II, Malcolm Jarrel Hartley, Briana Shakeyah Johnson and Rahkeem Lee McDonald, are charged in the killing of the Londons, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday.

Additionally, Nana Yaw Adoma, Daquan Lamar Everett, Nehemijel Maurice Houston, Ibn Rashaan Kornegay, Centrilia Shardon Leach and Ahkeem Tahja McDonald were charged in the conspiracy.

Four of the people charged in connection with the case were already in custody. Two other suspects were arrested Wednesday.

Three of the members, Cureton, Nana Yaw Adoma and Fudge, previously robbed the couple’s mattress store and the members were attempting to stop the Londons from testifying.

The defendants operated under a common set of rules known as the “31” and used a ranking system. They participate in meetings, “like any other enterprise,” acting U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose said in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. They “discuss punishment for those they fear may be cooperating with law enforcement,” Rose said.

22-year-old Malcolm Jarrel Hartley and 18-year-old Brianna Johnson were arrested Thursday, January 29, in the double homicide of Doug and Debbie London.

October 23, 2014 Police answered a 911 call off Tioga Rd in Clover, South Carolina. According to York County Sheriff’s Deputies they found two people deceased from gunshot wounds when they arrived.

Hartley and Johnson have been charged with two counts of murder.

The investigation is still ongoing.