Fifteen-year-old Joshua Simmons was shot and killed after meeting a man he'd arranged to buy a cell phone from, according to Long Beach Police.
in connection with the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy over a cellphone transaction that went tragically awry, authorities said Saturday., the Long Beach Police Department reported.
At approximately 9:25 p.m. Friday, police were called to a public housing complex in the 1000 block of East Via Wanda between Orange and Atlantic avenues, Officer Brandon Fahey told City News Service. They found Simmons on a basketball court suffering from gunshots wounds to the upper body, Fahey said. Paramedics were called to the complex but Simmons died at the scene.
Police later learned that Simmons had arranged to buy a cellphone from someone through an online marketplace application and was to meet him at the crime scene location. During the transaction, a fight occurred, which escalated into the fatal shooting, police said.
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