Three teenagers searching parks in the Northeast Valley are accused of trying to steal a girl’s handbag for gas money before fatally shooting the boy who was with her, according to a police report released Wednesday.

Jose Juarez , 17, and two other unidentified boys were taken into custody on murder and robbery charges, among others.

Juarez’s arrest report, provided by the Metropolitan Police Department, said he, one of the unnamed suspects, and the victim exchanged about 15 rounds.

The unnamed suspect who was allegedly one of the shooters and the girl were injured in the gunfire.

The suspects fled in a vehicle, but were stopped by police in the parking lot before they could leave the park. That’s when the driver told police that one of the passengers had been shot.

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