In 1992, after five years in Liberty City, gangster Carl "CJ" Johnson returns to Los Santos following his mother's death in a drive-by shooting. He is intercepted by corrupt Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) officers led by Frank Tenpenny), who threaten to implicate CJ in the killing of a fellow police officer unless he co-operates with them. CJ returns to Grove Street and reunites with his brother Sean "Sweet" Johnson, sister Kendl Johnson, and members of his old gang, Big Smoke and Ryder.
