15-year-old boy killed in East Los Angeles

Nov. 7, 2009 | Jason Kandel | KPCC

EAST LOS ANGELES - Authorities today were searching for gunmen who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy off Whittier Boulevard last night.

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said that dozens of high school students may have witnessed the dispute that led to the shooting.

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The shooting occurred at about 11:20 p.m. Friday in a residential neighborhood in the 700 block of South McDonnell Street, said sheriff's Lt. Mark Richards of the East Los Angeles station.

Jessy Acosta, 15, of Los Angeles, died near the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Arizona Avenue, according to a Los Angeles County coroner's investigator.

A video crew at the scene reported that dozens of high school-aged kids

were witnesses to the shooting in the residential neighborhood. They were taken

by bus to Garfield High School, about one-half mile away, for questioning.

ERIK
3 weeks, 5 days ago

okay i was one of the people at the party, and they kept us in Garfield high for about 7 hours. without food or water. i felt like my rights were being taken away.
i asked for food or water, but the sheriffs refused to give us anything. there was also this pregnat girl, and still like all the others we couldn't do at thing. any lawyers reading this email me to see if they violated any of my rights. thanks.

erikfx1992@yahoo.com

bubba
3 weeks, 4 days ago

im getting tired of all you litte stupid gang bangers. we need to throw yall in a concentration camp.

yani
2 weeks ago

handling matters with weapons and or guns is not manly, but for cowards like in this matter, its too easy to think people can get away with this type of cowardly acts, murder- eventually who ever is responsible for this kids life will get caught and placed behind bars , we all have laws that we need to follow in society and unfortunatly some feel they are above the law - god forgive you!!

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