A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head early Thursday while sleeping in an RV in Boyle Heights and rushed to a hospital where he underwent surgery, police said.
Officers responded just after 2 a.m. to the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in response to multiple calls of shots fired in the residential neighborhood, said Sgt. Miguel Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division.
Officers were stopped by a resident and advised to go to an RV that was parked on the street. The boy, whose name was not immediately released, was found inside, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, Lopez said.
The teen underwent surgery and was in critical condition, police said.
Police had no suspect or suspect vehicle information and asked anyone who may have information about the crime to call detectives with the LAPD’s Hollenbeck Division at (323) 342-8900.
After-hours or weekend calls should be directed to (877) LAPD-24-7 and anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) 222- TIPS.
Updated May 25, 2017 at 8:21 p.m.
—City News Service