Teenager Slain by Robbers Who Burst Into Residence
Three robbers who burst into a Pico Rivera home Christmas night fatally shot a 17-year-old boy after ransacking his house and stealing money and jewelry, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said Friday.
Abraham Cisneros and his mother answered the robbers’ knocks about 9:15 p.m. Thursday and had guns shoved in their faces, Deputy Michael Irving said.
The robbers ordered the two to lie on the living room floor while they scoured the house for jewelry and money, he said. As they left, a robber shot Abraham once in the chest, Irving said. He died at a local hospital.
Deputy Bob Killeen said the robbery apparently was drug-related, but he would not give further details.
Family members described Cisneros as an eclectic intellectual, a piano player and student of Eastern philosophy and Timothy Leary. The high school senior had planned to join the Marines.
“There was nothing but chivalry and honor in his soul,” said his sister, Liz Adrianna Cisneros, 24.
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