Associated Press - September 30, 2009 10:55 AM ET
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Police say the 17-year-old killed Tuesday night in Yakima was a known gang member, and the drive-by shooting is being investigated as gang-related. [The victim was a Sureno known by the moniker "Slow 1."]
A witness told police a car pulled up along side the Yakima teen, Yobane Ortiz, and shots were fired.
Responding officers found him on a street corner with one bullet wound to the head and several to the torso. He was pronounced dead at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.
Sgt. Mike Costello told The Yakima Herald-Republic the victim was not armed. He had school work with him.
The shooting was the 15th homicide this year in Yakima County and the first since July 19.
Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakima-herald.com
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