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Missing East LA Teen, 17, Found Shot To Death In Boyle Heights
Christian Medrano, 17, went missing from his East Los Angeles home Thursday and was found shot to death the same day, police said.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A 17-year-old boy who went missing from his home in East Los Angeles was found shot to death later that day in the Boyle Heights area, authorities said Tuesday.
Christian Medrano had last been seen about 2 p.m. Thursday in the 4700 block of Hammel Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported.
The sheriff's department later reported that Medrano was found dead and said the death was being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department.
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LAPD Officer Rosario Cervantes, when asked about the case, said police went to the general area of Kearny and Myers streets in Boyle Heights about 6:30 p.m. Thursday on a death investigation involving a male, but she declined to elaborate.
The coroner's office said Tuesday that Medrano was found dead about 6:20 p.m. Thursday of gunshot wounds "near mile marker 482.6, beneath Cesar E. Chavez Avenue," and the manner of death was classified as "homicide."
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Anyone with information about the case was urged to call the LAPD at 877-LAPD-247, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
—By City News Service