LA Teen Charged with Shooting that Killed Baby

12:06 AM, Jun 30, 2012   |    comments
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 15-year-old gang member has been charged with killing a 1-year-old boy who was shot as the toddler lay in his father's arms on a South Los Angeles street.
 
Donald Ray Dokins appeared in court Friday and a judge set his bail at $3 million, a day after he was charged with murder and attempted murder. He did not enter a plea and his arraignment was postponed until July 16.
 
Prosecutors contend Dokins rode up on a bicycle on June 4 and opened fire on a crowd standing outside a South Los Angeles home.
 
Angel Cortez Nava was fatally shot in the stomach as his father cradled him.

The father, 24-year-old Mauro Cortez, was hit in the shoulder.
 
Authorities say the shooting was gang-related, but Cortez wasn't in a gang.
 
AP-WF-06-30-12 0038GMT