Vigil held for 15-year-old killed in Cerritos shooting

Family, friends and community members gathered Sunday night to hold a vigil for 15-year-old Darnell “D.J.” Jones, who was shot and killed outside a Cerritos Chick-fil-A Saturday.

The shooting happened around 4 p.m. on the 18600 block of Gridley Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Jones was given emergency medical treatment and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The boy’s father, Tyrell Jones, told KTLA that D.J. was his youngest of eight children…

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