Detectives on Monday said they need tips following the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl at an Oceanside park early Saturday.
Police said clues were scarce. Friends and family members have said that the victim's name was Annabelle Flores, but police would not give confirmation.
"We really need the public's help on this," Officer Ryan Keim told City News Service. He asked persons with information to call the Oceanside Police Department at (760) 435-4911.
A spokeswoman for the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday said the case was sealed and no further information would be released at the request of law enforcement.
Oceanside police officers responded to reports of shots fired at Balderrama Park, located in the 700 block of San Diego Street at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. They found the girl on a playground structure with at least one gunshot wound, Keim said.
The girl was pronounced dead at the scene despite officers' attempts to save her life, according to Keim.
The preliminary investigation indicated that witnesses were most likely present during the shooting and they want to hear from those witnesses, Keim said.
Oceanside police detectives from the department's crimes of violence unit were investigating the shooting.
