The person killed in a confrontation with police last month was a 17-year-old boy, Long Beach police said Monday.
The Long Beach Police Department said that on the evening of April 26, officers were called to a home in the 6800 block of Cerritos Avenue where a man with a gun reportedly entered and demanded items from a minor and two adults inside. in a statement.
Police said the suspect found in the yard of the residence was believed to be armed.
“Police attempted to negotiate for more than an hour to ease the suspect’s surrender,” the statement read.
Long Beach police found a replica gun at the scene where a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by police.
(Long Beach Police Department)
According to police, a SWAT team was called “to the scene and prepared to deploy” when an officer shot the boy.
The teen was hit once in the upper body. He died at a local hospital.
Officers recovered an imitation gun at the scene, a police statement said.
The teen is from San Bernardino. His name has not been released.
The police department said officers wore body cameras and the footage will be made available to the public after review.
On Monday, the police department said detectives learned there was an “accomplice” in the burglary 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, according to police and Los Angeles County inmate records. Bail was set at $100,000.
The shooting is being investigated by the California Department of Justice, which independently investigates all fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians.
