Alfredo Ojeda, 18

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Alfredo Ojeda, 18, a Latino young man, was struck multiple times by gunfire at the intersection of Avenue 51 and Stratford Road in Highland Park and died at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18.

He was shot during some kind of argument or confrontation in the 5100 block of Stratford Road at about 7 p.m., said LAPD Northeast Division Det. P.J. Morris. Police got a call about a shooting in progress. Friends took Ojeda in a private car to seek medical care, but he died. It was unclear with whom he had been arguing.