Battle of July 23, 2009

The Battle of July 23, 2009, which occurred on July 23, 2009, was part of the TBMOG Campaign which started about a week earlier. The battle was an ambush attack on Diogo in Louie's backyard.

Precursors to the battle
About a week prior to the Battle of July 23, Jacob and Louie formed a group which they called "TBMOG" or "The Black Men of Gloucester. They had a sizable arsenal of airsoft guns which they planned to use to attack people that they didn't particularly like. While many attacks were planned, the July 29th battle was the only one that came to fruition, along with the unplanned August 6, 2009 Attack.

Louie, Jacob and Darren had chosen their target sometime prior to July 22, and had finished planning the attack by July 22. The following was the original plan, taken from the TBMOG website.

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1.)Diogo walks into the backyard.

2.) Gets greeted by Louie. 3.) Darren shoots Diogo for the first time. A.) If Diogo tries to run Jacob runs in from the bushes and holds Diogo at Pellet point 4.) Kick him a few times. 5.) Get him on the ground. 6.) Empty our clips into him."

The ambush
In the morning of July 23, 2009, Jacob traveled to Walmart to purchase another airsoft gun to be used in the attack. He arrived at Louie's between 12pm and 3pm and they met in Louie's backyard and assumed positions.

Louie's sister, Victoria, had been recruited by TBMOG to capture the video on film, which survives to this day.

Diogo arrived at Louie's backyard not after, Jacob was hiding behind a tree and Darren was on an elevated porch. Louie exchanged a few words with Diogo before yelling the codeword "Hey Blackman!". Following this, Jacob and Louie opened fire on Diogo, Louie shot Diogo multiple times, while Jacob's first gun jammed, he pulled out his second weapon and hit Louie and Diogo. Darren did not fire a shot during the ambush.

Aftermath
After the battle, that night Jacob, Louie, Darren and Diogo filmed the Diogo Hostage video which shows Louie holding a gun to Diogos head before shooting him, this video still survives.

Diogo was recruited to TBMOG shortly after and played a pivotal role in the groups most famous attack, the August 6, 2009 Attack.