Last week in Long Beach, a 16-year-old girl was killed in a shooting after a high school football game. Melody Ross was attending the homecoming game at Wilson High School wearing in a 'Supergirl' Halloween costume when she was shot to death Friday night: Student at Long Beach's Wilson High fatally shot after homecoming game.
Ross died at St. Mary's Hospital at 10:30 pm, half an hour after she was shot, from a wound to the upper torso. According to investigators, she was an innocent bystander who had nothing to do with the altercation that led to the shooting. More here: Teen dies in L.B. football game shooting.
The daughter of Cambodian immigrants, loved ones remember Melody as an honors student, pole vaulter and athlete, with a positive attitude and aspirations to attend UCLA: Remembering Melody Ross.
A suspect has not been caught. It's unknown if the shooter was a student at either high school. : LBPD working hard on Wilson High shooting. More here: No motive, no suspects in slaying of Wilson High honors student.
A reward of $20,000, raised by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, is being offered to anyone with information regarding the shooting: Reward For Info About Shooting Increases To $20,000. Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the Long Beach Police Department at (562) 570-7244.
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