A Los Angeles man suspected of fatally taking pictures a 15-year-old boy in reference to a cellular phone transaction Friday was arrested after turning himself in to authorities, Lengthy Seaside police stated.
Officers known as to the 1000 block of Through Wanda round 9:30 p.m. on studies of gunfire discovered the boy affected by a number of gunshot wounds on a basketball court docket.
First responders tried to render assist however the teen was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
He recognized as Joshua Simmons of Lengthy Seaside.
Police stated Simmons organized to satisfy with the suspect to purchase a cellular phone marketed on an internet market app. An altercation through the alternate led to the taking pictures, police stated in a information launch.
Later that night, police acquired a name from the suspect stating that he had shot the sufferer, in line with LBPD spokesperson Brandon Fahey.
Jose Bustamante Cardenas, a 24-year-old resident of Los Angeles, remained in Lengthy Seaside Friday till authorities arrived to arrest him.
A handgun was present in his possession through the arrest, Fahey stated.
Cardenas was booked on the Lengthy Seaside Metropolis Jail on one depend of homicide and was being held on $2 million bail.
Anybody with data on the taking pictures ought to contact Murder Detectives Michael Hubbard or Jesus Espinoza at 562-570-7244.