Homicide Report > Ricardo Rivera Jr., 18
Ricardo Rivera Jr., 18
Died March 13, 2008 at 9:25 p.m.
Ricardo Rivera Jr., 18, a Latino man, was fatally shot about 9:15 p.m. in the 300 block of East 80th Street in South-Central Los Angeles on Thursday, March 13.
Rivera was standing in the driveway when a 13-year-old approached and allegedly shot him. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced Rivera dead at the scene.
Police later arrested the 13-year-old youth on suspicion of murder. He was booked at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. Detectives said the pair had quarreled the previous day.
Rivera's family described him as a happy young man who was contemplating going back to school. His mother expressed deep gratitude to the witnesses who had cooperated with the police investigation. "Thank them in my name," she told a reporter. His niece, at right, wears a memorial shirt.
- Neighborhood: Florence
- Age: 18
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Thursday
- Agency: LAPD South Bureau Homicide
- Race/Ethnicity: Latino
- Circumstance: Walk-up
- Crime scene: Front yard
Four reader comments about Ricardo Rivera Jr.
what a waist both lives, the dead young man and the 13 yr old, wow unbelievable, get control
June 24, 2010 at 2:16 p.m.
The second suspect in this case, who was 16 at the time, was convicted yesterday. He is facing 50 years to Life. So many lives wasted by a single bullet.
Oct. 16, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.
It is up to us to decide how we live, and how we live is an important factor in how long we live.
If you bang, if you caper, if you "intend to go back to school some day"; yeah, life is going to be nasty, brutish, and short.
To many photo's on the homicide board are booking photos, or photos of young men throwing gang signs.
Time to wake up and smell the gun powder...
June 17, 2011 at 6:28 a.m.
Wake up and smell the gun powder? Hmmm, ok i know there's many types of people out there, right and worng, in MY opinion, NOBODY on this earth is perfect, we ALL make mistakes at one point in our lifes, rather it's small or huge mistakes, we all do, it's natural.No matter what, this man did not deserve to be killed by a little kid who should have been home with his family and not out in the streets.Anyhow, i want to add, you cops out there are the real demons and killers, there's way to may killings going on and the cops just get out there and do it all again and again with many outragous lame excuses, for everyone that kills should be fired on the spot, there's no need for this crap, i understand these guys may get crazy or whatever but what the hell happend to bean bags or weapons that strike and hurt but DO NOT KILL!!!! You cops are no good trigger happy, think you have the power, makes me and all of us sick to our stomachs that you sick people act like you are god, GROW UP and protect us, NOT KILL Us and act like you care rather than stuck up jerks!!!! May this innocent person rest in peace, i hope the person never gets out, they belong behind bars for ever!
Oct. 25, 2011 at 8:50 a.m.
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