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CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LA PUENTE

By Jason Song
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A 16-year-old boy died Sunday in an apparent gang-related shooting, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said.

Deputies discovered Jason Ledesma around 3 p.m. in the 17900 block of East Valley Boulevard, said Deputy Richard Li. Ledesma had been shot several times, and deputies determined the incident was gang-related, Li said.

Ledesma died at the scene, authorities said.

Jason Song

Jason Song covered higher education with an emphasis on community colleges and online learning. He was part of the Los Angeles Times team that won the Scripps Howard Award for Public Service in 2011 and the Philip Meyer Award from the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization. He left The Times in 2016.

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