Boy, 14, Shot to Death in Drive-By Shooting at Park
A 14-year-old boy was shot to death and a 19-year-old man was wounded Tuesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting at a Santa Fe Springs park.
The shooting, which sheriff’s investigators said may be gang-related, occurred about 3:30 p.m. at Little Lake Park after an argument between a group of teen-agers and a carload of men cruising past. Following the verbal altercation, witnesses and investigators said, the people in the car pulled a gun from beneath the hood of their vehicle and opened fire.
The 14-year-old was shot in the chest, and the other victim was wounded in the leg. Names of the victims were withheld pending notification of relatives.
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