A suspected gang rivalry between two teenage boys left one of them dead after a shooting in downtown Los Angeles, police said Tuesday night.
The two 16-year-olds were attending a continuation class downtown when they got into a confrontation, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The youths continued arguing outside, where one of them shot the other multiple times with a handgun in the tunnel by 3rd and Hill streets on Tuesday afternoon.
An on-duty LAPD officer passing by heard the gunfire and arrested the alleged shooter, who reportedly had a handgun in his waistband, said Lt. Paul Vernon, commander of the Central Division detective unit.
"Two 16-year-old lives were irreparably changed forever," Vernon told The Times.
The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. At least 50 homicides have been reported downtown since January 2007, according to The Times Homicide Report database.
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Photo: Police block off the 3rd Street tunnel at Flower Street after a teenage boy was shot in the tunnel.
Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times
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