(L.A.) Brandon Salgado, 17, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2024-06982

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 17-year-old Latino male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the teenage boy as Brandon Salgado.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Chest

RIP BRANDON SALGADO (August 12, 2006 – April 26, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 10:23 p.m.

The decedent was a home-invasion suspect who was fatally shot by Long Beach police.

Long Beach PD had responded that night to a home on the 6800 block of Cerritos Avenue on a report of a person with a gun. Upon arrival, they learned a home invasion robbery was in progress and the suspect was still in the yard of the house.

Officers surrounded the home and made contact with the teen and saw he was armed with what appeared to be a firearm. They spoke to the suspect for over an hour. A SWAT team was called and was preparing to deploy when the suspect was shot by police. It is unclear exactly what prompted the shooting.

A replica gun was recovered at the scene.

Upon further investigation, detectives discovered that the suspect had an accomplice who fled the scene before police arrived.

Iskay Mota, 18, of Modesto, was arrested and booked at the Long Beach City Jail on suspicion of robbery, with bail set at $100,000. He was released on bond.