Boy, 17, Gunned Down in Botched Robbery in Koreatown

A Los Angeles Police Department vehicle in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 6, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A gunman who fatally shot a 17-year-old boy during a failed robbery attempt in the Koreatown area remained at large April 12.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the teen was sitting in the passenger seat of a car parked on 7th Street near Berendo Street at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a man approached in what is believed to have been a robbery attempt.