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Boy, 16, arrested in deadly shooting over LA shoe raffle

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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. 

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