Price did not reply and walked away and returned to his mother after completing his purchase, according to LAPD.

Detectives provided the identities of suspects arrested in connection with the case at a 1 p.m. news conference at the 77th Street Division.

Price’s mother, Jennifer Rivers, sobbed as Barling announced details of the arrests. She said she goes to the cemetery to visit her son every morning.

Supporters of Tavin Smith wore red shoes at a June 23, 2015, news conference where police announced arrests in his killing. (Credit: KTLA)

“We have tragedy often in our community, but there are very seldom times where we see senseless tragedies like the one involved in this particular homicide investigation, where a young man is killed simply because of the color of his shoes,” said William Scott, LAPD deputy chief of operations for South Bureau. “We thought those days were past us, but as we saw in this case, we still have a lot of work to do in terms of making our community safer.”

Councilman Bernard Parks last week introduced at motion for a $50,000 reward for information in the case, and Rivers went to a City Council meeting in support of the reward.

“First of all, I want to thank God for answering my prayer for justice of my son,” Rivers said. “Everything I hear is Tavin saying, ‘Mommy, am I going to be all right? Mommy, I’m not going to die, am I?’ That’s all that I hear every day. I’ve got to live with that for the rest of my life. That’s torture. You robbed me of my baby.”

Barling said Price had gone to the Simms Car Wash with his mother and a family friend, and then walked to a nearby smoke shop. At the shop, a man confronted Price about his red shoes and asked about gang affiliation.

Barling described the woman as an “associated gang member.” Gang enhancement charges were filed against her, Barling said.

The man who had confronted Price followed him, along with another man who had been in the shop, Barling said. Around the same time, the shooter arrived, was joined by one or both of the men from the shop, and gunned Price down, according to the detective.

Tavin Smith’s mother Jennifer Rivers wears a shirt with his likeness at a June 23, 2015, news conference announcing arrests in his death. (Credit: KTLA)

“I’m trying to be strong up here, but inside I feel dead,” Rivers said.

Barling said Price was not a gang member but was simply wearing red shoes on the day of the shooting.

Tavin Terrell Price was fatally shot in front of his mother in the 3300 block of West Florence Avenue about 11 a.m. May 29, when they were headed to the beach, police said.

A fourth person, a 27-year-old woman, was arrested during an initial investigation on suspicion of witness intimidation and being an accessory after the fact, the detective said. She was charged June 2, he said.

Rivers’ supporters at the hearing wore red shoes.

Rivers described Price as “mentally challenged.” He died at California Hospital after the shooting.

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in the case, including the suspected shooter, who was taken into custody at a home outside of Houston, Texas, on Tuesday morning, Los Angeles Police Department Detective Chris Barling said. Houston police assisted in the 27-year-old’s arrest.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the fatal Hyde Park shooting of a 19-year-old man who was killed at a car wash after being confronted about gang affiliation and the color of his red shoes, police announced Tuesday.

County inmate records indicated Kevin Deon Johnson, 24, was arrested June 17 and was being held on $2.09 million bail. Dwight Kevin Smith, 30, was arrested June 18 and was being held on about $2.07 million bail.

Barling said he hoped that the reward would bring out more information in the case.

Tavin Price is seen in a photo displayed at a June 1, 2015, memorial in honor of the slain teen.

He said the type of confrontation — of an individual unknown to gang members — is common in gang cases.

This sign was displayed at a June 1, 2015, vigil for a 19-year-old killed at a car wash in South L.A. four days earlier. (Credit: KTLA)

Two of the men — ages 25 and 30 — were arrested last week and were charged with murder on June 19, according to Barling. All three men are local gang members, Barling said.