Ari Moran, 17

Ari Moran, a 17-year-old Latino, was shot and killed May 12 while riding in a car near the intersection of South Palomares Street and East 6th Street in Pomona, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Moran was riding in the front passenger seat of a car in a parking lot at 440 East 6th Street when the shooting occurred about 5:44 p.m., said Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations for the coroner's office.

The shooting appeared to stem from a confrontation about a vandalized vehicle which prompted a car chase, Winter said.

During the confrontation, the shooter got out of his truck, pulled out a handgun, then got back into his truck and drove out of the parking lot. Moran got into a car to follow the man.

As Moran's vehicle headed down the street, the man in the truck came back and parked in the same parking lot. Winter said the car in which Moran was riding made a U-turn and was driving toward the first vehicle when the gunman started shooting at the car. 

Moran was shot in the right hip. He was taken in a private vehicle to Pomona Valley Medical Center and was pronounced dead during surgery at 10:34 p.m.

Anyone with information about shooting is asked to call the Pomona Police Department at (909) 620-2085. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

-- Jeanette Marantos