3 Teen-Agers Killed in Separate Shootings
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Three teen-age boys died in shootings Saturday night in separate incidents, and Los Angeles police suspect that each death may have been gang-related.
A 14-year-old died after being shot at from a passing car in Koreatown about 9:30 p.m. The youth died from a chest wound at California Hospital Medical Center.
A 15-year-old died after being shot about 10:50 p.m. in South-Central Los Angeles, police said.
Names of the two youths were not available Sunday.
Less than an hour later, Guillermo Nava, 14, was shot and killed on a sidewalk in Watts. Police said Nava, who lived in the area, died of a head wound at the scene.
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