An LAPD officer stands on the balcony of an apartment complex where a mother was arrested after 5-year-old boy was found shot dead and his brother injured in South Los Angeles today. The complex is in the 7200 block of South Gramercy Place. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Ben Dixon, brother of the mother who allegedly shot her two children, speaks with police near the apartment where the shooting took place. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Sandra Jones stands inside the crime scene tape as she speaks to a reporter about her neighbor, a mother who was arrested after allegedly shooting her 5-year-old son to death and wounding his 1-year-old brother. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)