A shooting claimed the life of a teenager near a school in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood on Saturday night, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the original call regarding an assault with a deadly weapon with shots fired came in around 7:10 p.m. in the 200 block of North Lake Street across from Lake Street Primary School.
The 17-year-old victim, identified by family as Gabriel Quintas, suffered at least one gunshot wound to the chest, police said, and he was quickly transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
He died due to his injuries on Sunday, law enforcement officials confirmed.
The teen victim’s father spoke out, asking somebody to come forward to help his son get justice.
“The people that did this, they know Gabriel and Gabriel’s friends, they all know each other,” Angelo Quintas told KTLA. “Somebody knows something. Find it in your heart to help give Gabriel some justice because he doesn’t deserve this. He was a good person, a kind person and he doesn’t deserve to just be murdered.”
The shooting is not believed to be gang related.
No suspect description has been released.
Isabel Ochoa and Luis Zuñiga contributed to this report.
