Police ask for public’s help in shooting death of 16-year-old student in South L.A.

Authorities with the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday asked for the public’s help in connection with the tragic shooting death of 16-year-old Quincy Reese on Saturday night in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Manchester Square.  

Friends of the 16-year-old continue to gather outside Crenshaw High School where the teen excelled both academically and athletically, and where he’s being remembered as a caring person.  

“If there was something going on, he would always bring something together,” Trayvon Robinson, one of Reese’s friends, told KTLA. “He was always someone you could talk to.”  

The teen’s father, Quincy Reese Sr., said his son was an honor roll student and was planning on taking over as captain of the basketball team with plans to play in college. 

“God allowed me 16 years (with him), and I’m thankful for that,” his father said.