Boy fatally shot near Boyle Heights elementary school

BOYLE HEIGHTS — A lad was fatally changeable adjacent an simple schoolhouse successful Boyle Heights connected Tuesday, and constabulary were searching for the shooter.

The shooting was reported astir 3:30 p.m. successful the country East First Street and South Savannah Street, adjacent First Street Elementary School, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Cervantes said.

The lad was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. His sanction and property were not instantly released.

Officers established a perimeter successful the country to hunt for the shooter. Reports from the country indicated that 1 idiosyncratic had been detained, but constabulary were inactive searching for a 2nd suspect.

No further details were instantly available.

The shooting is the 2nd in which a juvenile unfortunate was fatally injured adjacent a Los Angeles simple schoolhouse wrong 24 hours. At astir 4:45 p.m. Monday, 12-year-old Alexander Alvarado was changeable portion sitting successful an SUV astatine Denni Street and Blinn Avenue adjacent Wilmington Park Elementary School.

Alvarado was taken to a hospital, wherever helium died of his injuries.