A 12-year-old boy died and a 14-year-old girl was wounded following a drive-by shooting in Long Beach Tuesday night. The boy has been identified as Eric Gregory Brown III.
The boy, identified as Eric Gregory Brown III, was shot in the upper body and the 14-year-old was shot once in the lower body, the Long Beach Police Department said. The 14-year-old’s wound is considered non-life-threatening.
The pair, along with a 13-year-old girl, were on the sidewalk when a car with at least two men drove up and someone inside opened fire around 11:32 p.m. on the 2200 block of Lewis Avenue, the LBPD said. The other girl was not physically hurt.Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.
"I don't know what this world is coming to," said Cynthia Johnson, Eric's grandmother."It's not safe out here anymore. What are we supposed to do? Where do we go from here?David Chen, father to the 14-year-old, said his daughter kept running after being shot in the leg. “I heard about the boy. He passed away, so I feel bad for him,” Chen added.
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