Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Los Angeles police officers man a perimeter roadblock at Sixth Street and Venice Boulevard yesterday in the hours following a fatal shooting that occurred around 3 p.m. in the faculty parking lot at Venice High School. According to the LAPD, a 17-year-old Hispanic male was shot in the chest and taken to a local hospital, where he died. Police received a tip that the suspect was near Oakwood and California avenues, and had a possible detainee as of press time Monday. Apocalypse, now? Take heed, today could be a hot one
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 6, 2006. Read the original PDF.