REDWOOD CITY (KRON) -- Police are searching for suspects in what they are calling a gang related shooting that left a 16-year-old boy dead.
Officials said the victim, whose name is not being released, died at the scene after being shot in the chest.
Police say he was standing on the front porch of a home on the 600 block of Heller St. just after midnight Tuesday, when two or three suspects drove up in a white or gray compact pickup truck with a camper shell.
One passenger got out, walked up to the victim, shot him, and then got back into the truck and drove off, according to police.
Police say they have reason to believe the shooting was gang related.
"I think that it's pretty common when you have one event it often leads to retaliation," said Redwood City police Sgt. Sean Hart.
Hart reported the Redwood City Police Department has only a very limited description of the suspect.
The Police Department does not have any leads in the case but it hopes to develop some during its investigation Monday, which includes interviews with the victim's friends and associates, Hart reported.