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Teen dead after what authorities are calling a gang-related shooting in Ventura County

A CHP unit stopped a wrong way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County by ramming the vehicle.
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A CHP unit stopped a wrong way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County by ramming the vehicle.

16-year-old boy shot multiple times.

A teenager is dead after what authorities say was a gang-related shooting in Ventura County.

It happened at around 8 a.m. Thursday, on the 200 block of West Clara Street in Oxnard. Police received a report of a shooting.

Officers and medical personnel provided emergency first aid. The 16-year-old boy underwent emergency surgery, but he later died from his injuries. Detectives aren't releasing further details about the case at this time.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.