A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Monday evening in Hesperia, authorities said.
Deputies responded shortly after 7:30 p.m. to a report of shots heard in the 16200 block of Sultana Street, where they found several expended cartridge casings in the roadway, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
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About ten minutes later, the department's dispatch center received a call indicating that a shooting victim had been dropped off at a local hospital, officials said.
The teen patient was pronounced dead at the medical center. He was later identified as David Becerra, a resident of Hesperia, a sheriff's news release said.
Homicide investigators launched an investigation at the scene on Sultana Street and determined that the cartridge casings were connected to David's killing.
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No description of the shooter was available.
DEVELOPING: More details will be added to this report as they become available.