Midafternoon Shooting, Man Is Hit, 1800 block Pine Ave. (Just North of PCH, 6th District)
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(April 21, 2016) -- A man (adult) was shot at midafternoon Thursday (April 21) in the 1800 block of Pine Ave., just north of PCH (6th dist., South Wrigley neighborhood.)
Initial information is sketchy. LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Brad Johnson tells LBREPORT.com that after an initial report of a person seen shooting a gun in the area in the 1900 block of Pine, a victim arrived at a hospital and reported being shot in the 1800 block of Pine. The victim's injury is non-life-threatening and Sgt. Johnson says the shooting is being investigated as possibly gang related.
The April 21 crime scene is roughly a mile and a half north of downtown LB's entertainment district, and roughly a mile west of the area (1200 block E. 17th St.) where four people were shot -- leaving one man dead, three others wounded -- on Monday evening April 18 (6th dist.) On March 31, a 17 year old was shot/killed in the 1300 block E. 11th St. (6th dist. east of Orange near border of 2nd dist.)
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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 NLB.
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In other recent shootings:
April 18, 1200 block E. 17th St., four people shot; one dies, three are wounded (6th dist.)
April 11: 200 block W. 12th St., male victim is shot (1st dist.)
April 11: 1900 block W. Willow St., building is hit (7th dist.)
April 10: Man (adult) shot, 3300 block Caspian Ave. (7th dist.)
April 9: Man (adult) shot, Linden/Norton (8th dist.) [This shooting just days before election day was a few blocks from the newly named Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library in 9th dist.]
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. 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)
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On Tuesday April 12, 6th Council incumbent Dee Andrews sought and won a third term via write-in. Since taking office in May 2007, Councilman Andrews has voted for City Hall budgets that over a period starting in FY10 led to the budgeted elimination of roughly 20% of LBPD's citywide deployable officers and more recently included LBPD's former field anti-gang unit.
Among those endorsing Andrews' write-in bid were LB Mayor Robert Garcia, former Mayors Bob Foster and Beverly O'Neill, the LB Police Officers Association PAC, the LB Area Chamber of Commerce PAC, JetBlue Airways "Good Gov't Fund" PAC and Councilwoman Suzie Price (Mayor Garcia's appointee to chair the Council's Public Safety Committee, who in her personal capacity gave the Andrews re-election campaign a $200 contribution [Mar. 26].)
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Other shootings since Jan. 1, 2016 are listed below.
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. 9: Man (adult) shot in midnight hour, 2200 block Spaulding St. (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. 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
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.
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.
