Crime & Safety
Family Of 15-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed At Street Takeover Demanding Answers
Just down the street from where the shooting occurred, the words "Long Live Joshua" are now written in white on the road.
August 24, 2022
The family of a 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed on Sunday, August 14, at a street takeover in Willowbrook is demanding answers about what they say was a slow response by authorities to save the teen.
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According to his family, Joshua, the teenage victim, was at a street takeover with friends, near 135th Street and Avalon Boulevard when he was shot in the head around midnight, just 30 minutes away from his home in East Los Angeles. He later died in the hospital.
"My grandma started calling him and the cops were the ones that answered and they told me that he was in critical condition in the hospital," Jaylene Montes, the victim's cousin, told CBSLA.
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