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Man Is Shot To Death, Predawn Sunday (April 28) 1400 block Junipero

15th murder of 2013, sixth fatal shooting in April (half in western part of the 4th Council district), fourth this month in corridor between 7th St. and PCH from east of downtown to west of Redondo Ave.; two add'l murders were in North Long Beach.



(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.


Red X's = murders 2011 to date; Blue X's = non-fatal shootings (of which we became aware) Aug. 2, 2011 to date. Cumulated data for context.

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.

The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office will confirm the victim's identity. If you have information regarding this incident, please call Homicide Detectives Hugo Cortes or Todd Johnson at 562 570-7244.

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:

  • On April 23, 2013, a woman was murdered in the 1600 block of Cherry Ave. (4th dist.)

  • On April 20, a man was fatally shot in the 1200 block of Phillips Street (8th district vicinity Orange/South)

  • On April 17, a man was shot to death in the area of 10th St./Temple Ave. (border 2nd (Lowenthal) and 4th (O'Donnell) Council districts).

  • On April 15, flammable liquid was tossed on a man sitting in his vehicle parked outside a convenience store at PCH/Clark Ave. [border of 3rd/4th Council districts, suspect is a homeless man]

  • On April 11, a man was shot to death in the area of 7th St./Alamitos/MLK (1st district)

  • On April 7, multiple victims were shot -- and one died -- in the 300 block of E. Home St. (8th district, vicinity Locust Ave. about two blocks north of Del Amo Blvd. b/w Atlantic & LB Blvd.) [The crime area is near Del Amo Blvd/LB Blvd., where on Mar 22, a 10 year old boy was struck by gunfire while sitting next to his parents inside their vehicle at a gas station.]

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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