: A Los Angeles 17-year-old who ran over a mother walking her baby in a stroller in 2021 and received just a few months of diversionary camp as punishment was gunned down in Palmdale, California, this week. Kristopher Baca, whom Fox News Digital has previously not identified due to his youth, pleaded guilty to the hit-and-run last year. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office confirmed his death Friday but said the examination was still pending.
Deputies found him dead with gunshot wounds in a Palmdale driveway on the 83600 block of 11th Street East on Wednesday evening, according to the sheriff’s office. Sources close to the investigation said he had been at a fast food restaurant earlier trying to “get with a girl.” As he walked home alone, a car pulled up next to him and an argument broke out. Someone in the vehicle opened fire, then sped off.
If George Gascon actually did his job, this kid would still be alive in jail.
— Hit-and-run victim
The young mother, who has asked only to be identified as Rachel, eventually moved her family out of Los Angeles to get away from what she has described as soft-on-crime policies.