Gor Adamyan.Photo:GoFundMe
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The 4-year-old boy was in the car with his parents on Friday evening when the suspects' car “cut them off,” then proceeded to follow them on a highway in Lancaster, Calif., LASD said in astatement.
During this pursuit, the boy’s family slowed down their car when the suspects’ car pulled up next to them and started firing shots, the statement says. Sitting in the backseat, the child was shot in the upper torso and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the statement.
A GoFundMe created for the family identifies the boy asGor Adamyan.
“It’s unimaginable that this could have been any of our families,” Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris toldABC 7. “It could have been any of us."
The family was out shopping when the shooting occured,CBS Newsreported.
A 29-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were arrested in the case that the LASD has said is a “murder,” according to the department’s statement. They have not been named.
They were arrested after warrants were served at a Lancaster hotel, Parris said in a Facebookposton Saturday. The suspects allegedly had gang-affiliations, CBS News reported.
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The suspects were taken into custody without incident. It’s unclear if there were any other minors in the vehicle. The LASD statement said no one else was injured in the incident.
An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
source: people.com
