Boy, 16, arrested in deadly shooting over LA shoe raffle
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of shooting a shoe store employee who tried to break up an altercation during a shoe raffle. The LAPD says the boy was arrested Thursday afternoon in suburban South Gate. Officers responding to reports of a shooting Wednesday found 26-year-old Jayren Bradford wounded. He died at a hospital. The victim’s co-workers at Shoe Palace say the store was holding a raffle for sneakers when a group got into a dispute with employees outside the store. Witnesses say when Bradford tried to break up the fight someone opened fire and fled in a car.