Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 | 5:50 p.m.
A local teen killed Sept. 21 in a drive-by shooting in the Spring Valley area has been identified Jose Hernandez Pena, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported.
Pena, 17, was in a vehicle with four other people when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and engaged in conversation with the occupants. Someone in the other vehicle pulled out a handgun and shot into Pena's vehicle, according to Metro Police.
The suspect vehicle drove off, and Pena was driven to a house on the 5200 block of Stampa Avenue, near Decatur Boulevard and Desert Inn Road. Officers received the call around 7:30 p.m. and arrived to find Pena lying in the driveway with apparent gunshot wounds.
He was taken to University Medical Center, where he later died.
Anyone will any information about this incident can call the Metro Homicide Section at 702-828-4521, or to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-555.
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