Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy on charges that he fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in Long Beach in November.
The the shooting took place on November 22 around 11:40 a.m., when Long Beach Police Department officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Gaviota Avenue, according to a police statement at the time.
Paramedics rushed the victim, since identified as 21-year-old Judge Lopez, to the hospital where she later died.
Investigators found the suspect, Lopez’s ex-boyfriend, on Nov. 26 in the 6100 block of Orange Avenue, the LBPD statement said.
He was arrested and charged on two unrelated warrants and remains jailed without bail after detectives identified him as the suspect in Lopez’s murder.
The teen’s name has not been released due to his age, police said. They still have not released a motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact LBPD homicide detectives at (562) 570-7244.
