A boy was killed and a man was injured Friday evening in a La Habra shopping center shooting, police said.
The shooting was reported around 8:35 p.m. in the area of 1340 S. Beach Boulevard, near Imperial Highway, where a boy was found with gunshot wounds and died despite lifesaving efforts, according to a news release from the La Habra Police Department. A man was also shot and transported to UCI medical center, but the release did not state his condition.
Their exact ages were not immediately released.
Police did not identify a suspect in the release, but said there was no ongoing threat to the community. It wasn’t immediately clear whether a weapon was recovered at the scene, which is in the Westridge Plaza shopping center.
Authorities urged anyone with information to contact the La Habra Police Department at 562-383-4300.
