Police are still searching for the gunman responsible for shooting and killing a father outside a parking lot at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower. As seen on air on the NBC4 News at 11 p.m on Oct. 5, 2024.
A man who was attending his son's youth football game was shot and killed in a St. John Bosco High School parking lot where families had gathered for the Saturday morning event in Bellflower.
The shooting was reported at about 8:30 a.m. in the 13600 block of Bellflower Boulevard during the youth football game at the high school stadium, said sheriff's Lt. Hugo Reynaga. The victim, identified only as a man who is a parent of a child participating in the game, was shot while in a car in the parking lot, Reynaga said.
He later died at a hospital.
"The victim and his passenger had just pulled into the parking lot," Reynaga said. "The victim does have a child that, I believe, plays Pop Warner, and he was coming to see his game here at the school."
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The child was not in the car at the time of the shooting, he added. The other person in the car was not injured.
Video from the scene showed a car in a parking lot with what appeared to be several bullet holes in the windshield. Yellow crime scene tape surrounded the car.
Reynaga said the victim's car was reported stolen out of Lynwood. Details about the auto theft were not immediately available.
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Witnesses said two people in another car pulled up behind or alongside the victim's car and opened fire. They left the scene on Bellflower Boulevard.
Details about what led to the shooting were not immediately available.
"There was no incident, from what we're hearing, in the parking lot that started this," Reynaga said. "We don't know if maybe he was followed here or somebody here recognized him."
No arrests were reported. A detailed description of the shooter was not immediately available.
School was not in session. There was no indication of a threat to the school or the soccer tournament.
Authorities are attempting to obtain security camera video of the parking lot.
Anyone with information was asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
