Five men convicted in one of the most deadly spates of violence in the history of the District of Columbia are set to learn their sentences.

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The group was convicted by a jury in May and held responsible for shootings that began over a dispute about a costume jewelry bracelet and left five people dead.

The jury deliberated for more than a week before finding all five co-defendants guilty of a total of more than 170 charges.

Four men were found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges, and one man was found guilty of second-degree murder and other offenses.

The five men scheduled for a hearing in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday are Sanquan Carter, Orlando Carter, Jeffrey Best, Robert Bost and Lamar Williams.