Mother fears for her family after 17-year-old son is killed

( Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / August 1, 2013 )
Marcela Reyes kneels at a sidewalk memorial to her son, Juan Manuel "Manny" Ibarra, on North Chester Street in Compton. Ibarra was shot to death July 30.

— Nicole Santa Cruz
Updated: Aug. 8, 2013 at 6:38 a.m.

It was still daylight as Juan Manuel Ibarra walked along a Compton sidewalk with three friends, clutching his neon green skateboard on the way to Jack in the Box.

Moments later, the 17-year-old lay on the asphalt in a growing pool of blood, the skateboard beside him, his best friend screaming for him to wake up.

Investigators believe that shortly after 6 p.m., the group was approached by two people from opposite directions, said Lt. Dave Coleman of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.

One of the two pulled out a handgun, pointed at Ibarra and fired four to six shots, Coleman said. Authorities are looking for more witnesses in the July 30 shooting, which occurred on the territory of a Latino gang called Compton Varrio 3 or CV3, sheriff’s Det. Q Rodriguez said.

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