Crime & Safety
East Palo Alto Shooting Death of Teen Probed
Police are seeking the public's help investigating the shooting, which was reported late Friday night on 1100 block of Gaillardia Way.
EAST PALO ALTO — The East Palo Alto Police Department called on residents Monday to give any information they may have regarding the suspicious gun death of a teenage male.
Just after 11:30 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a report of a gunshot in a home in the 1100 block of Gaillardia Way.
Paramedics at the scene treated the victim for a life-threatening gunshot wound before he was transported to a local trauma room for surgery.
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The victim later died from the injury at the hospital and his name has not yet been released.
East Palo Alto police detectives and the San Mateo County district attorney's and coroner's offices are currently investigating the case as a suspicious death.
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Residents who may have information regarding the teenager's death can
contact East Palo Alto police Cmdr. Michael Stasko at (650) 853-3154.
Anonymous tipsters can contact the department at epa@tipnow.org, (650) 409-6792 or by text at (650) 409-6792.
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