A boy, believed to be 15 years old, who was shot outside an apartment complex in Pomona, later died at a hospital and police searched Tuesday for his killer.
Police responded to a shots fired call at 7:10 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Third Street and located the juvenile victim suffering from gunshot wounds, according to the Pomona Police Department.
“He (the victim) was transported by L.A. County Fire Department where he succumbed to his injuries at Pomona Valley Hospital,” Sgt. Todd Samuels of the Pomona Valley Police Department told NBC4.
A neighbor told NBC4 the boy lived in the building where the shooting took place and the gunfire erupted in front of the boy’s mother.
“The car just stopped and started… firing… a weapon and my mom said she saw (the victim’s) mom… and they waited for the ambulance with the little boy and he had three (bullet wounds),” Romelia Olmos told NBC4.
The victim was riding a scooter at the time of the shooting, ABC7 said.
A description of the shooter was not immediately available.
Anyone with information on this incident was asked to call the Pomona Police Department at (909) 620-2085 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.