Suspect shot dead by police in Boyle Heights was 14-year-old boy, coroner says

Boyle Heights residents gather to protest the fatal officer-involved shooting of Jesse Moreno Romero.

Boyle Heights residents gatherto protest the fatal officer-involved shooting of Jesse Moreno Romero.

Tony Marquez of Boyle Heights, at a makeshift shrine near where Jesse Romero, 14, was shot and killed by police along the 200 block of North Breed Street in Boyle Heights.

A memorial set up for Jesse Romero in his mother’s home in Boyle Heights.  (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Teresa Dominguez, left, mother of Jesse Romero, 14, is consoled by neighbor Teresa Ocampo, at her home in Boyle Heights.

A makeshift shrine along the 200 block of North Breed Street where Jesse Romero, 14, was shot and killed by police.

A photograph of a gun, allegedly carried by Jesse Romero, 14, who was shot dead by Los Angeles police in Boyle Heights, is displayed at a news conference at LAPD headquarters Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016. At right is Deputy Chief Robert Arcos.

Teresa Dominguez, left, mother of Jesse Romero, 14, receives a hug from neighbor Teresa Ocampo, at her home in Boyle Heights.

Shelsea Garcia, 16, left, and Gemma Martinez pay respects to friend Jesse Romero at a makeshift shrine set up along the 200 block of North Breed Street in Boyle Heights.