A 16-year-old boy suffered gunshot wounds during an attempted robbery in the Winnetka area of Los Angeles, authorities said Monday.
The boy was walking just before 6 p.m. Sunday in front of 8231 Mason Ave. when he passed four men believed between the ages of 18 and 19 years old, according to a dispatcher at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center.
The men told him to empty his pockets and the boy refused, so one suspect produced a handgun and shot him, she said.
The men drove away from the scene in a vehicle, the dispatcher said.
The boy was taken to a hospital by paramedics and his condition was not known, she said.