Kevin Navarro, a 15-year-old from Long Beach, California, was fatally shot on May 28, 2026, near Cedar Avenue and Plymouth Street in North Long Beach. The shooting occurred shortly after 12:30 p.m. in a residential block close to Addams Elementary School; a neighbor reported hearing a single gunshot and finding the victim lying in the street. Long Beach Fire Department personnel took Kevin to a hospital, where he later died.

Police described a rapid, large-scale response after the gunman fled on foot, with witnesses and officers reporting someone seen jumping fences while escaping. SWAT, drones, helicopters, armored vehicles, patrol officers and detectives searched the neighborhood that day but did not immediately locate the shooter. Detectives later identified and arrested another 15-year-old Long Beach resident on May 29 in Lakewood; the juvenile was booked on suspicion of murder and being a minor in possession of a firearm and held at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall without bail pending filing consideration by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Police Chief Wally Hebeish called the case deeply troubling given the ages involved. Investigators had not publicly announced a motive and continued to probe the circumstances leading up to the killing. If anyone saw activity near Cedar Avenue and Plymouth Street around midday on May 28, can you help investigators with information?