A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in a shopping mall parking lot Thursday in Montclair.
The shooting in the San Bernardino County community was reported at about 8 p.m. outside the Montclair Place shopping center. The gunfire might have stemmed from a fight that began inside the mall and spilled outside, investigators said.
Family members identified the deceased teen as Omar Espinoza, a student at Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona who liked to visit the mall.
"My son is beautiful," said mother Leticia Rivera. "My son is everything for me."
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Rivera said she rushed to the hospital after the shooting.
"They let me see him," she said. "I hugged him."
A family friend said Omar was walking past the Target at the shopping center when gunfire erupted in the parking lot.
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Yellow police tape blocked off part of the parking lot near a movie theater and book store.
One person was hospitalized in critical condition with an apparent stab wound.
No arrests were reported early Friday.
