Porter Ranch

Detectives searching for witnesses in Porter Ranch murder of 19-year-old college student

Shots were fired during a car-to-car confrontation early Wednesday in the hills of Porter Ranch where police have been canvassing for security video

File photo shows the street sign at the intersection of Braemore Road and Tampa Avenue in Porter Ranch, where police say a 19-year-old college student was shot to death.
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Homicide detectives asked for the public's help Friday in finding witnesses or security video of a car-to-car confrontation on a side street in Porter Ranch where a college student was shot.

The 19-year-old died at a hospital early Wednesday morning following the shooting, which investigators said happened along Braemore Road between Tampa Avenue and Reseda Boulevard sometime between 11:30 p.m. on April 30 and 12:55 a.m. on May 1.

The victim's name isn't being shared publicly because the LA County Medical Examiner couldn't confirm his identification Friday.

Other officials told the I-Team he was a student at College of the Canyons in Valencia.

The circumstances of the car-to-car confrontation weren't immediately available. Detectives said both cars involved were white.

Paramedics were called were called to the intersection of Rinaldi Street and Shoshone Avenue just before 1 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a shooting where the car he was riding in had stopped.

Two other young men in the car were doing CPR or making other life-saving efforts when paramedics arrived.

Anyone with information was asked to call LAPD Valley Bureau Homicide detectives at 818-374-9550.

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