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16-Year-Old Shot Dead in Lancaster Street Brawl

12/30/2025

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On December 25, 2022, 16-year-old Zoen Flowers was shot and killed during a street fight in Lancaster, California, which also injured four others.
Videos captured a brawl involving young men and women, with at least three boys brandishing firearms.
Witnesses reported hearing eight gunshots before the video ended, and Flowers was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy, and two men aged 19 and 29 were hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
The suspects remain at large, and Flowers' family expressed deep sorrow over his death.

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On December 25, 2022, 16-year-old Zoen Flowers was shot and killed during a street fight in Lancaster, California, which also injured four others.
Videos captured a brawl involving young men and women, with at least three boys brandishing firearms.
Witnesses reported hearing eight gunshots before the video ended, and Flowers was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy, and two men aged 19 and 29 were hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
The suspects remain at large, and Flowers' family expressed deep sorrow over his death.