Ruben Galban is pictured a few years back. (Family photo) |
LYNWOOD -- Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating a shooting in Lynwood that left a 16-year-old boy dead and another boy wounded.
Ruben Galban, 16, was headed out to get something to eat at a local restaurant around 11:37 p.m. Monday, according to his family.
On the way back, along the 3500 block of Beachwood Avenue, someone pulled out a gun and fired several times, hitting Galban and his friend.
Galban died at local hospital. His family is trying to cope with the loss.
"It doesn't make sense. I still can't figure out why," the victim's aunt, Wendy Flores, told KTLA. "Why him?"
"I don't think we're going to be able to cope with all this, it's too much," she said.
Galban was the oldest of five children.
Family members say he was not affiliated with a gang.
The second shooting victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment. His wounds were said to be non life-threatening.
Ruben Galban, 16, was headed out to get something to eat at a local restaurant around 11:37 p.m. Monday, according to his family.
On the way back, along the 3500 block of Beachwood Avenue, someone pulled out a gun and fired several times, hitting Galban and his friend.
Galban died at local hospital. His family is trying to cope with the loss.
"It doesn't make sense. I still can't figure out why," the victim's aunt, Wendy Flores, told KTLA. "Why him?"
"I don't think we're going to be able to cope with all this, it's too much," she said.
Galban was the oldest of five children.
Family members say he was not affiliated with a gang.
The second shooting victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment. His wounds were said to be non life-threatening.
