$15,000 Reward Offered in Murder of Boy, 17
The Los Angeles City Council offered a $15,000 reward Friday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the murder of a 17-year-old San Diego boy who was beaten and shot for no apparent reason as he walked along a North Hollywood street.
Miguel Diaz, who was visiting a friend, was walking along Coldwater Canyon Boulevard near Vose Street at 9 p.m. on June 1 when a car pulled alongside and two men, one armed with a handgun, stepped out.
Police Detective Jim Witowski said two friends who were with Diaz fled when they saw the gun. Diaz was thrown to the ground, beaten, kicked and shot.
The youth died 20 days later at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley without regaining consciousness. Witowski said police have no clues in the killing. Although Diaz was attacked in a neighborhood considered to be gang turf, the teen-ager was a visitor with no known gang affiliations, police said.
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