Baku – APA. Los Angeles police shot and killed a 14-year-old boy after he shot at the officers, police said Wednesday, APA reported citing CNN.
The department's gang unit was investigating a vandalism call in a neighborhood east of downtown around 5:35 p.m. Tuesday when they encountered two youths. One ran off and two officers pursued, police said.
The teenager, identified as Jesse James Romero by the Los Angeles County Coroner, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other suspect did not flee police and he was questioned and released.
Neither officer was harmed, but they heard a gunshot as they were rounding the corner. One of the officers then fired back and killed Romero.
Investigators will examine the gun for fingerprints and DNA, and review the video from the officers' body cameras.
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