A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Avalon Village area of Carson, authorities reported Saturday.
The shooting was reported at 8:29 p.m. in the 23400 block of South Avalon Boulevard, said Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff‘s Information Bureau.
The boy was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Schrader said.
Homicide detectives called to the scene learned the 16-year-old boy “had been struck by gunfire several times,” Schrader said. The shooting appeared to be gang-related.
A news videographer at the scene said the shooting occurred within a gated community.
— City News Service