My colleague Ruby Gonzales at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune writes that prosecutors have charged a 14-year-old Pico Rivera boy who is accused of four robberies and shooting a man in
the head during a Feb. 4 drive-in dairy store heist.
The 28-year-old dairy store employee remains in critical condition at a hospital, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Hernandez.
What prompted the shooting isn't known.
"There was apparently no struggle," Hernandez said.
The teen, whose name wasn't released because he is a minor, was scheduled for
arraignment Tuesday at Los Padrinos Juvenile Court in Downey.
He was charged with one count of attempted murder and seven counts of second-degree robbery, said Shiara Davila-Morales, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Each count of robbery pertains to a victim.
The teen is being held at Los Padrinos.
The age of the suspect surprised deputies, authorities said.
"We all thought it would be some parolee who just got released and was on a drug binge. But the investigation led to this," Hernandez said.
The charges stem from the Jan. 24 robbery of the Mobile station at 8957 Beverly Blvd., the Feb. 1 and Feb. 4 robbery of the Pico Rivera Drive-In Dairy, 9001 Beverly Road, and the Feb. 4 robbery of J & M Liquor, 8940 E. Beverly Blvd.
Detectives said about $750 was taken from the four incidents.
Hernandez said a robber wearing a hooded jacket, bandanna and gloves entered the businesses, demanded money and brandished a handgun. While responding to a robbery call at the liquor store on Feb. 4, deputies were flagged down by a resident about the dairy store shooting and robbery.
They found the wounded employee, deputies said.
The boy was arrested at El Rancho High School last Friday. Hernandez said they found a hooded jacket, bandanna, handgun and bicycle believed used in the robberies at the teen's residence. They also recovered the estimated $80 taken during the last two robberies.
the head during a Feb. 4 drive-in dairy store heist.
The 28-year-old dairy store employee remains in critical condition at a hospital, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Hernandez.
What prompted the shooting isn't known.
"There was apparently no struggle," Hernandez said.
The teen, whose name wasn't released because he is a minor, was scheduled for
arraignment Tuesday at Los Padrinos Juvenile Court in Downey.
He was charged with one count of attempted murder and seven counts of second-degree robbery, said Shiara Davila-Morales, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Each count of robbery pertains to a victim.
The teen is being held at Los Padrinos.
The age of the suspect surprised deputies, authorities said.
"We all thought it would be some parolee who just got released and was on a drug binge. But the investigation led to this," Hernandez said.
The charges stem from the Jan. 24 robbery of the Mobile station at 8957 Beverly Blvd., the Feb. 1 and Feb. 4 robbery of the Pico Rivera Drive-In Dairy, 9001 Beverly Road, and the Feb. 4 robbery of J & M Liquor, 8940 E. Beverly Blvd.
Detectives said about $750 was taken from the four incidents.
Hernandez said a robber wearing a hooded jacket, bandanna and gloves entered the businesses, demanded money and brandished a handgun. While responding to a robbery call at the liquor store on Feb. 4, deputies were flagged down by a resident about the dairy store shooting and robbery.
They found the wounded employee, deputies said.
The boy was arrested at El Rancho High School last Friday. Hernandez said they found a hooded jacket, bandanna, handgun and bicycle believed used in the robberies at the teen's residence. They also recovered the estimated $80 taken during the last two robberies.
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