A 17-year-old Hispanic man was a victim of armed violence after being shot to death early this Saturday, May 16, in East Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) reported that an investigation into the death of 17-year-old Joshua Aila is ongoing. The person responsible escaped from the place where the shooting occurred.

LASD said deputies responded at approximately 1:15 a.m. to an assault with a deadly weapon call near the intersection of 6th Street and Fraser Avenue, where the teen was found with a gunshot wound.