Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA PUENTE - Deputies are searching for the trigger man who opened fire on a vehicle Sunday night, eventually killing a 10-year-old boy within.
The shooting took place near Amar Road and North Hacienda Blvd., May 17. An unknown suspect in a dark colored sedan opened fire. The boy was struck in the upper torso, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The boy was taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, but was eventually transported to County/USC where he died, Koerner said. Deputies initially responded to the area of North Fifth Street and Temple Avenue where the victim ended up. But soon after responding, deputies learned that the shooting took place near the Kentucky Fried Chicken, 939 N. Hacienda Blvd., where they found evidence of the shooting, according to Sheriff’s radio traffic. Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3 Tips mobile app, or at lacrimestoppers.org. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA PUENTE - A man was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound Monday as a community continues to live in the shadow of gun violence. Deputies responding to a report of a person not breathing discovered a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso in the 15400 block of Temple Avenue July 1. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The man was discovered just before 3 p.m. in an alley
There is no suspect information. Anyone who has information on the shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA PUENTE - A man is dead, found fatally wounded from gunshots around 6:30 p.m., Sheriff’s Homicide investigators said Sunday. Deputies found two injured men in the 400 block of Tonopah Avenue June 30. One was pronounced dead at the scene, a second survived his wounds and was hospitalized, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Investigators did not specify if the surviving man also suffered gunshot wounds. A suspect description was not given. |
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