A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of a fatal shooting near a supermarket in Redwood City early Thursday morning, police said.
Officers responded at about 1:40 a.m. Thursday to the shooting reported near a Whole Foods Market store in the area of Adams Street and Jefferson Avenue and arrived to find an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the torso, according to Redwood City police.
The man, a Redwood City resident whose name was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Later Thursday, police received a call about a family disturbance involving a 15-year-old boy who had allegedly assaulted another family member. The teen was believed to be a person of interest in the fatal shooting and investigators were able to establish probable cause to arrest him on suspicion of the killing, police said.
The 15-year-old was booked into juvenile hall and his name is not being released because of his age. Police said the case involved people who knew each other and was not a random act of violence.
Anyone with relevant information about the shooting is asked to call the Redwood City police non-emergency line at 650-780-7100.
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