Police said a 16-year-old boy was shot dead at a family gathering in Kovina on Saturday night.
Covena police responded to the 600 block of Tits Avenue on Saturday around 10:15 p.m. after multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunshots. Police said a large number of gatherers gathered on the street and police requested backups from Glendora, Sikovina and Azusa police stations to help disperse the crowd and control the crime scene.
Witnesses told officers that an unidentified person transported a 16-year-old male party attendee to a local hospital with a gunshot wound, Kovina Police Sergeant. K. Sutherland said. Hospital staff told officers that the teenager died of injuries.
Sutherland said the teenager is believed to have lived in La Puente and he may know the people who drove him to the hospital. No other damage.
As of noon Sunday, no one was arrested, Sutherland said. Kovina police are pursuing clues and pieced together the events that led to the incident.
Sutherland said that while some news outlets reported the event as a “return party”, his department has not released information about the nature of the party.
Anyone who is requested to call Covina Police Det for information about this incident. Preciado, (626) 384-5622.
