The search continued Friday for suspects in a Christmas Day shooting that killed a 16-year-old boy and wounded four others in Lancaster.
It occurred around 1:10 p.m. Thursday in the city in the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County.
The boy was discovered by deputies and pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
A 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and two men, 19 and 29, were taken to a hospital and treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the department reported.
The hospitalized victims’ identities were not released.
No suspects have been arrested, Sheriffs Deputy Tracy Koerner told City News Service.
The cause of the shooting remained under investigation.
Authorities urged anyone with information about the shooting to call the Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Los Angeles County Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
