LBReport.com

News

Man Is Shot, Midafternoon Saturday April 9, Area Linden/Norton (8th dist.), Blocks From Soon-To-Open "Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library"


LBREPORT.com is reader and advertiser supported. Support independent news in LB similar to the way people support NPR and PBS stations. We're not non-profit so it's not tax deductible but $49.95 (less than an annual dollar a week) helps keep us online.
(April 9, 2016) -- A man (adult) was shot/wounded at midafternoon Saturday (April 9) a block west of Atlantic Ave. and two blocks south of South St. in the 8th Council district. The crime scene is roughly three blocks south and one block west of the soon-to-be-completed Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library.

LBPD Watch Commander Lt. Mark Coble tells LBREPORT.com (preliminary information) that at about 1:50 p.m. on April 9, a man (adult) was struck by gunfire in the area of Linden Ave./Norton St.; the victim suffered what are believed to be non-life-threatening wounds; the supects are currently outstanding and LBPD's gang detectives are investigating what took place (no details immediately available.)

Exactly one week earlier on April 2, gunfire occurred roughly two blocks south in the area of Linden Ave./South St.; no persons/property were reported hit on that date (border of 8th/9th Council districts.)

The Linden/Norton shooing is the second of the day in NLB; about nine hours earlier at roughly 5 a.m. April 9, a man was shot/wounded in the Coolidge Triangle area (west of L.A. River/9th district.)

[Scroll down for further below.]





2014 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=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. A separate map (not shown here) indicates add'l shootings in Central LB.

On Sept 15 and 22, 2015 the Council voted (without dissent) to adopt a FY16 budget, recommended by Mayor Robert Garcia, that failed to restore LBPD's former field anti-gang unit. It leaves LB taxpayers with a budgeted police level for citywide deployment roughly equivalent per capita to what L.A. would have if L.A.'s Mayor and Council cut roughly 30% of LAPD's officers.

Advertisement

Advertisement

In August 2012, Mayor Foster first recommended the budgeted elimination of LBPD's field anti-gang unit. The Council balked, funded the unit at half strength for a year, but in subsequent years quietly let it disappear. Then-Vice Mayor Garcia (chosen by Foster to chair the Council's Public Safety Committee in mid-2010) held no hearings on Foster's proposal or any public safety impacts of Foster's budget recommendations. Councilwoman Suzie Price, whom Mayor Garcia named to chair the Public Safety Committee in 2014, has followed that practice regarding Garcia's budget recommendations.

Advertisement

Advertisement

In other area shootings:

April 9, Man (adult) shot, Coolidge Triangle area, 200 block E. Barclay (9th dist.)

Apr. 7: Man (adult) shot/wounded area Artesia Blvd./Butler Ave. (9th dist.)

Apr. 2: Late afternoon gunfire South St./Linden Ave., no persons/property (border 8th/9th Council districts)

Mar. 31: 17 year old shot/killed, 1300 block E. 11th St. (6th dist. near border of 2nd dist.)

Mar. 30: Man is shot/killed, 1600 block Pine Ave. (1st dist.)

Mar. 21: Car to car shooting, 1400 block E. 14th St., no victims found (6th dist.)

Mar. 19: Gunfire, area 10th/Olive, no person hit (border of the 1st/6th districts)

Mar. 17: Man is shot, E. 10th St./Lime Ave. (borders 1st and 6th districts)

Mar. 11: Man is shot, area 1st St. between Lime/Alamitos (border 2nd district)

Mar. 6: Man is shot, area 19th/Cedar (6th dist.), found dead in vehicle 1700 block Pacific Ave. (1st dist.)

Mar. 3: Two people shot, one of whom dies, area Artesia Blvd/Butler Ave. (9th dist.)

Feb. 28: Man found shot to death, area 10th St./Norman Court (4th dist.)

Feb. 27: Gunfire hits vehicle, area 11th/Ohio (4th dist.)

Feb. 8: 2600 block Adriatic Ave., man is shot (7th dist.)

Feb. 6: 1900 block of W. Wardlow Rd., man is shot (7th dist.)

Feb. 2: 2200 block Lime Ave., man is shot (6th dist.)

Jan. 24: 1900 block Pasadena Ave., unoccupied vehicle struck by gunfire (6th dist.)

Jan. 24: 800 block Walnut Ave.: two vehicles damaged by gunfire (2nd dist.)

Jan. 17: 1300 block Walnut Ave. (three vehicles damaged by gunfire (3:30 a.m.) (6th dist.),

Jan. 10: 3200 block E. Artesia Blvd. (9th dist.): Man (adult) was found shot multiple times

Jan. 9: Chestnut/17th St.: Evidence of gunfire, no persons/property struck (1st dist.)

Jan. 1: 1300 block MLK Ave. (6th Council district); no persons hit

Advertisement

Advertisement



blog comments powered by Disqus

Recommend LBREPORT.com to your Facebook friends:


Follow LBReport.com with:

Twitter

Facebook

RSS

Return To Front Page

Contact us: mail@LBReport.com







Adoptable pet of the week:





Carter Wood Floors
Hardwood Floor Specialists
Call (562) 422-2800 or (714) 836-7050


Copyright © 2016 LBReport.com, LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of Use/Legal policy, click here. Privacy Policy, click here