(April 28, 2013, 11:10 a.m.) -- Earlier today (April 28), Long Beach had its 15th murder of the year -- its sixth fatal shooting in April, half of which occurred in the western portion of the 4th Council district (O'Donnell).
This morning's fatal shooting -- in the 1400 block of Junipero Ave. -- is the second murder within the past five days, and the fourth murder this month in the corridor between 7th St. and PCH from east of downtown to west of Redondo Ave. Two other murders this month occurred in North Long Beach. LBPD says in a release that at about 3:00 a.m., officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the area of Junipero Ave. at Spaulding St. [LBPD release text] Officers arrived and discovered a male adult victim, lying in the roadway, in the 1400 block of Junipero Avenue. The victim had an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body. The victim died at the scene before the officers arrived. Below is a map of the three shooting murders this month in the 4th Council district, which all occurred in the western part the district. A shooting murder also occurred in the 1700 block of Cherry Ave. in mid-January; it was LB's 1st murder of 2013. By LBREPORT.com's unofficially tally, this morning's murder is Long Beach's 15th murder of 2013. By our unofficial tally, Long Beach has had six shooting murders in April (seven murders if one counts flammable liquid thrown on a man parked in the PCH/Clark parking lot), five in March, two in February and two in January. In the other Long Beach shooting murders in April to date:
In L.A. County's second largest city, the Long Beach City Council currently provides a police level roughly equivalent per capita to cutting over 25% of L.A.P.D.'s officers. In September 2009, a Council majority began enacting (with some dissent in the past two budget cycles) reductions recommended by Mayor Bob Foster that erased over 150 officers previously budgeted for citywide deployment. The result has left Long Beach with a sworn police level for citywide deployment not seen since the mid-1990s. In September 2012, Mayor Foster proposed a FY13 budget with reductions that would have basically eliminated LBPD anti-gang unit and a number of detectives. A Council majority adopted a substitute measure -- on a floor motion made by Councilman O'Donnell -- which budgeted an additional $1 million (beyond an additional sum proposed by Budgert Oversight Committee) to be allocated at the Chief's discretion that has since been used to fund some -- although not all -- of the anti-gang officers and detectives that Long Beach had a year ago. In its September 2012 budget vote, the Council budgeted its first replenishment Police Academy class in several years, but its graduating (rookie) officers aren't slated to hit the streets until later this year...by which time additional retirements/attrition are expected to deplete LBPD's ranks from their present level.
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