Roosevelt High mourns 14-year-old shot to death in Boyle Heights

BOYLE HEIGHTS — Crisis counselors were connected manus Wednesday astatine Roosevelt High School pursuing the shooting decease of a pupil successful the Boyle Heights area, and constabulary were continuing to hunt for a imaginable 2nd fishy successful the slaying.

Jeremy Galvin, 14, of Los Angeles, was changeable astir 3:30 p.m. Tuesday astatine First and Savannah streets, adjacent First Street Elementary School, and helium died astatine the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s bureau and the Los Angeles Police Department.

Another teenage lad was taken into custody successful transportation with the shooting, and constabulary said they were searching for a 2nd suspect.

“I don’t cognize if they knew each other, I don’t cognize if it was an argument, but determination was immoderate benignant of treatment earlier the shooting,” LAPD Capt. German Hurtado said Tuesday.

Fox11 reported the fishy successful custody was a 16-year-old boy.

Ben Gertner, main of Roosevelt High School, sent a connection to parents Tuesday nighttime informing them the unfortunate was a pupil astatine the school, and saying situation counselors would beryllium disposable for students and unit connected Wednesday, CBS2 reported.

“It is with heavy sadness that I americium calling to pass you of the decease of 1 of our students,” Gertner wrote, according to the station. “Our sincere condolences spell retired to the student’s family, friends and teachers.

“I privation to reiterate that the information of students and unit is my highest priority,” Gertner wrote. “Our thoughts remainder with the unfortunate and their family.”

The shooting was the 2nd successful which a juvenile unfortunate was fatally injured adjacent a Los Angeles 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.

In a associated connection Wednesday, LAUSD Board Member Monica Garcia and Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly said, “We are grief-stricken” implicit the caller shootings.

“With dense hearts, we articulation the families successful mourning implicit the tragic events of the past week,” they said.

“From the aggregate levels of unit successful our assemblage adjacent Wilmington Park Elementary School and contiguous successful Boyle Heights — resulting successful the decease of a beloved pupil from Theodore Roosevelt High School — our schoolhouse communities proceed to beryllium tested and challenged. There are nary words to explicit the pain, the sadness and choler truthful galore of america are feeling astatine this time.”

They besides stressed “that the intelligence wellness of our students and our schoolhouse communities stay our priority.”

“Our thoughts are with those affected by this senseless calamity that impacts our Los Angeles Unified family,” they said.

The territory said anyone wanting much accusation connected the situation counseling tin telephone 323-224-3100.