LOCAL : Six Teens Arrested After Youth Is Shot to Death at Sun Valley Party
Los Angeles police have arrested six teen-agers in the Friday night murder in Sun Valley of a man who was beaten and shot to death after a dispute at a party, detectives said today.
Police on Saturday and Sunday arrested Hector Hernandez, 18, of Sun Valley and Efren Alavarez, 19, of North Hollywood and four juveniles from the same areas, Detective Mike Coffey said. Two of the youths are 14, one is 13 and the other 15, he said.
All six were being held on suspicion of murder in the death of Thomas Francis Langton, 18, of Tujunga. Police said Langton had gone to an open party in the 7500 block of Cartwright Avenue when he was chased and then attacked by the teen-agers, who were also at the party but did not know him.
Coffey said Langton was attacked after he had a “minor verbal exchange” with one of the suspects at the party.
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