LOS ANGELES — The victims of a fatal shooting at a California state beach early Monday were two teenage boys, according to officials. One of them was days away from celebrating his 14th birthday.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Tuesday the two people found dead near Moss Landing State Beach south of Santa Cruz were Marco Antonio Perez, 15, and Nathaniel Flores, 13. Both were Salinas students.

“It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we share that members of our district student community were among those who lost their lives in the tragic incident that occurred early Monday morning in Moss Landing,” Salinas Union High School District Superintendent Zandra Jo Galvan said in a statement.

Deputies received reports of shots fired at the beach shortly before 2 a.m. Monday.…