A suspect has been arrested in Las Vegas in the gang-related shooting death of a 16-year-old boy in Long Beach, authorities said Saturday.
The fatal shooting occurred on Aug. 4 in the 3300 block of 67th Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Officers were sent to the scene at about 2:40 p.m. that day regarding multiple reports of a person shot in the street, and found the teenager with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper and lower body.
The boy, a resident of Bell, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said he had been dropped off in a vehicle by a male relative, exited the vehicle and returned a short time later followed by a “group of unknown subjects.”
Moments later a shooting occurred, striking the boy and the relative’s vehicle. The relative fled the area and immediately called police. That relative, who suffered a minor injury to his upper body, was treated at the scene. The group fled the area on foot prior to the officers’ arrival.
Detectives later identified 41-year-old Torrance resident Ronald Guidry as a suspect. They obtained a warrant for Guidry’s arrest, and he was located and arrested on Oct. 17 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.