By Associated Press - Monday, April 3, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles authorities are searching for suspects in the brutal beating of a 15-year-old high school student.

Sheriff’s officials say Evan Jimenez, a freshman at San Pedro High, was beaten with bottles and choked while walking home from a friend’s house last Thursday.

The Daily Breeze newspaper reported Sunday (https://bit.ly/2nSfJ7k) that doctors say the teen will survive but faces a long recovery.



Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Ford says detectives believe gang members carried out the attack. Officials have not released suspect descriptions.

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Information from: Daily Breeze, https://www.dailybreeze.com

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