The replica gun involved in the LAPD shooting of a 15-year-old boy earlier this week. The boy’s friend was holding the replica. (Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times)
Cynthia Rhodes, 44, heard shots fired Tuesday in an alley off 10th Avenue. Police shot and wounded a 15-year-old boy who was standing next to a friend holding a replica gun. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Cynthia Rhodes was getting her girls ready for school when she heard a loud sound. When a neighbor told her what happened, “I said, ‘What are you talking about? Who shot who?’” (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Detectives spotted the group of teenagers in an alley off 10th Avenue in South L.A. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Residents who said they heard gunshots told The Times they did not hear officers issue a warning to drop a weapon. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A man scavenges in trash bins Friday in the alley where Jamar Nicholson, 15, was shot and wounded by LAPD detectives. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
