Gunfire Flies Overnight, 1100 block Gardenia; A Vehicle Damaged, No Person Hit
Crime scene is on border of 4th/6th Council districts near border with 2nd district; see map of other recent area shootings (non-fatal and fatal)
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(April 20, 2015) -- There were shots fired overnight in the 1100 block of Gardenia Ave. (just west of Cherry Ave., border-line between 4th and 6th Council districts just north of 2nd district.) A vehicle was damaged...but no person was injured.
LBPD Public Information Officer Cynthia Arrona says that at about 1:05 a.m. today (April 20), officers were dispatched to a shots-heard call in the 1100 block of Gardenia Ave. Arriving officers located a vehicle which sustained damage to the rear of the vehicle; no one was injured and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.
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Red Xs=2014 and 2015 murders to date; Blue Xs=2014 and 2015 shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=2014 shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs=shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial for shootings in area shown.
In other area shootings (non-fatal and fatal):
April 6,2015: Two people were shot a few blocks SE in the 800 block of Gaviota (two suspects arrested.)
Mar. 20, 2015: A male (age unclear) was shot in the 1300 block of St. Louis Ave. (just east of Cherry Ave.)
Jan. 13, 2015: A man was shot -- and died of his wounds -- in the area of 10th St./Raymond Ave. in LB's first murder of 2015. As LBREPORT.com noted at the time, it occurred less than two hours after Mayor Robert Garcia completed his "State of the City" message in which he said violent crime had dropped to its lowest level in 40 years and "progress in public safety can be seen in every neighborhood."
Nov. 27, 2014: On the night before Thanksgiving, a man was fatally shot just east of Cherry Ave. between PCH/Anaheim St. (1500 block of Sherman Pl. near Stanton Pl.)
Sept. 29, 2014: A 26 year old man -- who LBPD says was not a gang member and was simply walking down the street -- was shot from a passing vehicle which led the scene...and the victim died from his wounds.
