Van Nuys Teen Shot and Killed

Los Angeles: Police are asking for the public's help in capturing the gunman who shot and killed 18-year-old Pedro Alvarez, a Van Nuys resident.

Early this morning, at about 12:30 a.m., Alvarez, a construction worker, was walking near the 6300 block of Kester Avenue when two gunman drove alongside him.  One of the gunmen asked the victim a question and shot him in the chest.

The victim was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

Police have no leads and the motive is not clear.  Alvarez had no apparent gang affiliation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Van Nuys Homicide Detectives at 818-374-0094.  On weekends and during off-hours, call the 24-our toll free number at 1-877-LAWFULL (529-3855).

Comments

[Nikki]

This is tragic. Another parent or guardian, grandmother, brother, cousin, sister or friend lost a loved one to ignorance. Human life is so beautiful. This young man didn't have a chance to live out his life and fully decide what he would make of it. Its so commonplace to take breathe from a living soul nowadays and think nothing of it. I pray that his loved ones will dig deep to find some sort of peace.

[padde]

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[LW]

They were playing gangster jeopardy. If you don't answer the question in the proper manner, the idiot scumbag worthless gangsters will shoot you without regard for anything. Of course the ACLU will support their right to play those games and even endorse it with games like 'civil rights' violations and other games that merely preserve killers' freedoms and puts the rest of us in jeopardy.

[vanman]

it's terrible, how can we be protected of this? I think it's impossible to predict and escape, it's very hard

[Van Man]

Those two guys who shoot Pedro Alvarez are a good example of the increasing violence in our streets. This have to have an end.