On Saturday, October 5, 2024, at approximately 8:20 a.m., deputies from Lakewood Sheriff’s Station responded to St. John Bosco High School, in the 13000 block of Bellflower Blvd., Bellflower, regarding a 911 call of a gunshot victim in the parking lot.
When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered the victim, a male Black adult, seated inside a vehicle, suffering from gunshot wounds. There was an additional female passenger in the same vehicle, who was uninjured.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Several citizens were in the parking lot at the time of the shooting; however, none of them were injured. At the time of the incident, a youth football game was in progress in the high school stadium, adjacent to the parking lot where the shooting occurred. The victim had arrived there to attend his son's game.
The vehicle the victim was driving, a white Audi, had been reported stolen.
Witnesses observed the suspect vehicle, a white sedan, fleeing southbound Bellflower Blvd from the parking lot.
There is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
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Robert G. Luna, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE:
REPORTED AT: Approximately 8:20 a.m.
LOCATION: 13600 blk Bellflower Blvd., Bellflower
VICTIM(S): Male Adult
SUSPECT(S): Unknown
UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Reynaga
NARRATIVE:
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Investigators are responding to a shooting death investigation. The incident was reported Saturday, October 5, 2024, at approximately 8:20 a.m., on the 13600 block of Bellflower Blvd., in the city of Bellflower.
The victim was transported to a local hospital and pronounced deceased..
There is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
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Sheriff's Information Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street
Los Angeles California 90012
http://www.lasd.org
213-229-1700
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Robert G. Luna, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
