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A 16-year-old from Oxnard found shot in the head on a south Oxnard street last month died a week after his injury, the Oxnard Police Department said Tuesday.
The male victim was found around 8:35 p.m. April 29 in the 200 block of James Avenue, police initially reported.
A passerby spotted the teen lying on the sidewalk and reported he had suffered at least one gunshot wound to the head. The victim was transported to Los Robles Regional Medical System in Thousand Oaks for treatment, where he was taken off life support on May 6, Oxnard police said.
No arrests have been made in the shooting, which remains under ongoing investigation by the Oxnard Police Department s Major Crimes Unit. Police were investigating possible motives, including whether the shooting was gang-related. Investigators also said it was undetermined whether the location of the victim is where the shooting took place.
Arrest made in deadly Oxnard shooting
OXNARD, Calif. - An arrest has been made in a shooting in Oxnard that left a 21-year-old man dead earlier this month.
On Wednesday, Oxnard police arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of shooting and killing Cristobal Gonzalez of Oxnard.
On the evening of April 4, Gonzalez was found by police on the 600 block of Howell Road suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Investigators from the Oxnard Police Department Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation. For more than ten days detectives worked alongside other law enforcement agencies, including the Oxnard Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit, the FBI and the Ventura County Sheriff s Office, to identify a suspect in the shooting.