$10,000 reward likely in slaying of Long Beach honors student

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a $10,000 reward today for information leading to the conviction of the gunman who fatally shot a Wilson High School student.

Although there were hundreds of people leaving the campus, Long Beach police have no witnesses or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide detail at (562) 570-7244. Police also said they don't have a motive in the shooting.

Mourning students at Long Beach's Wilson High School gathered Monday by the pavement where classmate Melody Ross was shot after the homecoming football game. Leaving handwritten notes to Melody and her family, the teenagers lighted candles and shed tears as they remembered the bubbly 16-year-old.

"Why her?" asked sophomore Micah Mathis, 15, who took French with Melody, an honors student. "That's what I want to know."

The Board of Supervisors will consider the reward later this morning.

-- Seema Mehta

Comments

[BeautyQueen]

In the article, it said that fellow classmate Micah Mathis asked, "Why her?"

"Why" is the hardest question to answer of them all. Sometimes there is no answer. Sometimes we just have to process and accept the "what," without ever knowing "why."

[shanalyn leonen]

YEAH! WHY MELODY ROSS? OUT OF ALL THE CAMBODIAN GIRLS MELODY IS VERY ACTIVE AND VERY FUNNY. SHES EVERYBODYS BESTFRIEND YOU COULD ALWAYS WISHED FOR. WHY HER? MELODY WAS INNOCENT. SHE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG. SHE WAS VERY TALENTED. SHES ALWAYS THERE IF YOU NEED HER. WHY IS THERE GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE? GANGS ARE STUPID.
R.I.P MELODY ROSS