16-year-old killed, 4 wounded in Christmas Day shooting in Lancaster
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A 16-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured during a Christmas Day shooting in Lancaster, authorities said Thursday night.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that deputies responded to the 1000 block of East Angela Court, a suburban street that ends in a cul-de-sac lined with single-family homes with red tile roofs and two-car garages. The incident was reported shortly after 1 p.m.
They discovered the 16-year-old at the shooting scene, where he was declared dead. A 17-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy and two men, 19 and 29, were taken to a local hospital with “non-life-threatening gunshot wounds,” the statement said.
The department said in an email late Thursday that “at this time we don’t expect any other updates.”
The department is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. To report a tip anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), download the P3 Tips mobile app on Google Play or the Apple App Store, or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
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