PICO RIVERA, Calif. – Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were set to provide an update Thursday after 13-year-old Saith Toledo Mendez was shot and killed at a gas station in Pico Rivera over the weekend.
What we know:
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators said the teen boy was waiting for his mother to finish her shift at the 76 gas station off Whittier and Rosemead boulevards when the shooting happened on Saturday, Aug. 23, just after 11:30 p.m.
The suspect, later identified as 20-year-old Andres Adan Chavez, then ran away from the scene after pulling the trigger.
“We know from video surveillance that he ran west from the gas station and then in a northerly direction after that,” Lt. Michael Modica of the LA County Sheriff’s Department said.
The teenager, who was later identified as Saith Toledo Mendez, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The tragedy happened just 2 miles from where a man was shot and killed at another gas station in Pico Rivera off Washington and Passons on Aug. 21.
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The search for that shooter also continues, though detectives said the proximity is just a coincidence, and they do not believe the two gas station shootings are related.
It’s not clear what led to the fatal shots, but detectives are reviewing surveillance footage as they work to piece it all together.
Anyone with information about either investigation should call the LA Sheriff’s Department or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
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