A Long Beach officer killed a 17-year-old boy during a standoff, according to police

Long Beach police said Monday that the person killed in an altercation with officers last month was a 17-year-old boy.

On the night of April 26, police were called to a home in the 6800 block of Cerritos Avenue where a man with a gun had reportedly broken in and demanded items from a minor and two adults, Long Beach police said in a statement Opinion.

The suspect found in the courtyard of the apartment building was probably armed, police said.

“Officers conducted verbal de-escalation for over an hour while attempting to negotiate the surrender of the suspect,” the statement said.

A replica firearm was recovered by Long Beach police from the scene of the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy.

(Long Beach Police Department)

According to police, a SWAT team had been called in and was “on scene and preparing to respond” when an officer shot the boy.

The teenager was hit once in the upper body. He died at a local hospital.

Officers recovered a replica firearm at the scene, the police statement said.

The teenager was from San Bernardino. His name has not been released.

The officers wore body cameras and the police department will release the videos to the public after reviewing them, the department said.

On Monday, police said investigators learned there was “an accomplice” in the home invasion who fled before officers arrived.

Iskay Mota, 18, of Modesto, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Long Beach city jail, where he was booked on suspicion of robbery and held on $100,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County police and inmate records emerges.

The shooting is being investigated by the California Department of Justice, which independently investigates all fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians.