Long Beach police said Monday that they have not yet made an arrest in the death of 16-year-old Melody Ross, who was caught in the gunfire after the Poly-Wilson football game.
LBPD spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said officers are hoping that witnesses come forward as the shooting took place in a crowded area near the entrance to Wilson, 10th Street and Ximeno Avenue, after Friday's night's football game between the cross-town rivals. In addition to Ross, an advanced placement student who participated in track, two men, 18 and 20, were injured in the attack. The men were not students.
Pratt said many teens carry cell phone equipped with still and video cameras and are hoping that a student at the scene photographed or filmed the shooting, or possibly tensions that led up to it.
"What kid doesn't walk around with a camera or a phone?" Pratt said.
She encouraged parents of students at the game to "talk to your kids."
People with information, or with photos or videos, are asked to call police homicide detectives at 562-570-7244.
WHERE WAS LBPD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THE PARAMEDICS TO GET TO THE SCHOOL ?