Teen dies, man critically hurt in Watts shooting
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A 15-year-old boy was killed and a man critically injured in a weekend shooting at the Nickerson Gardens public housing complex in Watts, police said Monday.
Donta Bolden was taken Saturday night to St. Francis Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead of a gunshot wound to the chest, said Det. Roger Allen of the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Bureau homicide unit. Ryan Alexander, 36, was in critical condition at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Allen said.
Donta and Alexander, both residents of the area where the shootings occurred, were walking near Imperial Highway and Success Avenue about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when a vehicle approached and one of its occupants got out and fired several rounds, Allen said.
There are no suspects or known witnesses, he said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (213) 485-1383.
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