A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed near the Westlake district, authorities said Wednesday.
Two men were sitting in a vehicle around 10:40 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Seventh Street, south of MacArthur Park, when a man approached them and attempted to rob them, a doorman said. -word of the Los Angeles police. at the city news service.
The driver fled and the suspect fired at the vehicle, injuring the victim. He drove to the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Burlington Avenue, where he saw an LAPD officer and asked for his help.
The young man died on the spot.
Authorities continue to search for the shooter.