Long Beach police said Monday that a person who died during a confrontation with officers last month was a 17-year-old boy.
On the night of April 26, police were called to a home in the 6800 block of Cerritos Avenue, where it was reported that a man with a gun broke in and demanded items from a juvenile and two adults who were inside, the Department of Justice said. Long Beach Police. in a sentence.
The suspect, found in the residence's yard, was believed to be armed, police said.
“Officers engaged in a verbal de-escalation for more than an hour as they attempted to negotiate the suspect's surrender,” the statement read.
Long Beach police recovered a replica firearm at the scene of the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy.
(Long Beach Police Department)
According to police, a SWAT team was called and was “on scene and preparing to deploy” when an officer shot the boy.
The teenager was hit in the upper part of the body. He died at a local hospital.
Officers recovered a replica firearm from the scene, according to the police statement.
The teenager was from San Bernardino. His name was not revealed.
The officers were wearing body cameras and the Police Department will make the video available to the public after it is reviewed, the department said.
On Monday, the Police Department said detectives had learned there was “an accomplice” in the home invasion who fled before officers arrived.
Iskay Mota, 18, of Modesto, was arrested Wednesday and transported to the Long Beach City Jail, where he was booked on suspicion of robbery and held on $100,000 bail, according to police and court records. Los Angeles County inmates.
The shooting is being investigated by the California Department of Justice, which independently investigates all fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians.
