Pico Rivera: Erick Roche, 17

Staff Writer

Nov. 30, 2009 5:16 PM PT

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Erick Roche Jr., a 17-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Thursday, Nov. 19, in the 6400 block of Rosemead Boulevard in Pico Rivera, authorities said.

Roche was discovered after a person driving by saw a body in the street and called police, said DeputyAura Sierra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Roche was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:56 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call Long Beach police at (562) 570-7244 or the Sheriff’s Department at (323) 890-5500.

-- Seema Mehta

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Map: The location where Erick Roche Jr. was shot. Credit: Google Maps

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Seema Mehta

Seema Mehta is a veteran political writer who is covering the 2024 presidential race as well as other state and national contests. She started at the Los Angeles Times in 1998, previously covered multiple presidential, state and local races, and completed a Knight-Wallace fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2019.