17-year-old boy fatally shot in Hesperia

A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot Monday night in Hesperia, authorities said.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of shots heard in the 16200 block of Sultana Street around 7:30 p.m. They discovered several expended cartridge casings in the area.

Roughly ten minutes later, authorities learned that a shooting victim had been dropped off at a local hospital. He died a short time later.

The victim was later identified as 17-year-old David Becerra.

No suspect description was available.

Additional details were not immediately known.

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