Woman Is Fatally Shot In NW NLB Motel Room; LBPD Conducts Intense Search (Incl. SWAT) But Male Suspect Eludes Capture
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(April 21, 2017) -- Despite an intense daylong search including SWAT, a homicide suspect eluded capture after fatally shooting a woman in a motel room in the area of LB Blvd/Gordon St (southern end of NW NLB's Coolidge Triangle, west of 710.)
Some neighborhood residents were evacuated to nearby Colin Powell Academy that wasn't in session due to Spring break. Other residents sheltered in place and were told by police to stay inside.
Veteran NLB community advocate Dan Pressburg was on scene observed a massive police presence (sending the photos below.)
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Photo by Dan Pressburg
Photo by Dan Pressburg
In a Friday night release, LBPD states:
On Friday, April 21, 2017, at approx. 9:50 a.m., officers responded to a motel in the 5900 block of Long Beach Boulevard regarding a shooting, which resulted in the death of a female adult.
When officers arrived, they located the victim inside a room, who had been struck by gunfire Long Beach Fire Department paramedics responded and transported to her to a local hospital in serious condition. The victim was pronounced deceased shortly thereafter. Her identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Information officers gathered indicated the suspect fled into the nearby neighborhood, and a containment area that included: Gordon Street to Allington Street, and Long Beach Boulevard to the 710 Freeway was established. SWAT was activated and K-9 also responded to assist in the search. Residents in the affected area were evacuated to a nearby school that was not in session due to Spring Break.
The suspect was described as a male African-American in his 20's, wearing a red shirt and jeans. Detectives believe the shooting may have happened as a result of a dispute, and the investigation continues.
Anyone who has any information regarding the incident should contact Long Beach Police Homicide Detectives Peter Lackovic and Sean Irving at (562) 570-5273. Anonymous tips may be submitted through “LA Crime Stoppers” by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the “P3 Tips” app to your smart phone (available at the Apple App store and Google Play), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.
Mr. Pressburg. a long time NLB resident and community advocate, tells LBREPORT.com that Friday's shooting doesn't reflect the Coolidge Triangle neighborhood's recent progress.
The map below shows cumulated shootings from Jan. 1, 2014 to the present (basically covers the terms of office of five Council incumbents who took office in mid-July 2014 in Council districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 plus Mayor, and includes last six months of their predecessors' terms.) A separate map shows shootings in Central LB (visible in our coverage of that area's most recent shooting at this link.
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.
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April 19: Man is shot, dies from his wounds, 500 block Cherry Ave. (2nd dist., coverage here).
April 16: 1300 block E. 10th St: Man (adult) shot/wounded, coverage here)
April 11: 1000 block E. Market St., man fatally shot (8th dist., coverage here.)
April 11: Anaheim/Pacific, man shot (1st dist., coverage here.)
Apr 8: 1000 block E. Wardlow Rd., Two people shot (drive-by) (7th dist., coverage here)
Apr 2: 300 block Hulett St. (9th dist.), woman shot inside her residence (coverage here)
Apr 1: Shot fired, no one hit, after two groups of gangs prepare to fight, 3100 block Santa Fe (7th dist., coverage here)
Mar 23: Man is shot/wounded, 100 block E. Hill St. (6th dist., coverage here)
Mar. 22: Man and woman shot/wounded, 19 E. Louise (east of LB Blvd. and north of Market St./8th Council district. (coverage here)
March 16: Man is shot, 1800 block Canal Ave. (1st dist., coverage here)
March 14: Teen fires gun, no person hit, 2800 block Pine Ave. (6th dist., coverage here)
Mar 7: Man shot/killed, woman shot/wounded, 200 block Liberty Court (East Village/2d dist., suspected road rage, coverage here)
Mar 1: Two Men Shot, One Dies, 48th St. LB Blvd. (8th dist., coverage here.)
Mar. 1: Gunfire, 1200 block Chestnut, damages a vehicle and a fence but with no person struck (1st dist, coverage here)
Mar 1: Man is shot, PCH near 710 freeway (1st dist., LBREPORT.com coverage here)
Feb. 25, Man is shot, 2300 block Pacific Ave. (6th dist., coverage here)
Feb. 22, man is shot, 21st/LB Blvd. (6th dist., coverage here)
Feb. 12: Man is found fatally shot, 1000 block E. 10th St. (6th dist on north side of street across 1st dist. border), coverage here.
Feb. 5: Man (adult) is shot, 1200 block Stanley Ave. (south of Anaheim St. and east of Junipero Ave., western part of 4th Council district), coverage here.
Feb. 2: Man (adult is shot, 1000 block Lewis Ave. (6th dist. bordering 1st dist.), coverage here.
Jan. 30: Gunfire, 4600 Banner Drive (area of traffic-roundabout San Antonio Dr./Orange Ave., border of 7th and 8th Council districts, coverage here.
Jan 28: Teenage boy fatally shot, 900 block Maine Ave. (1st dist, coverage here.)
Jan.25: Man shot to death, 1300 block Wesley Dr (north of LBCC PCH campus, 6th Council district), coverage here.
Jan. 17, 2017: Man fatally shot, 600 block E. Burnett St. (6th dist.), coverage here.
Jan. 10, 2017: 6300 block Knight Ave. (9th dist., south of Ramona Park): two adults shot (woman dies, man is wounded), coverage .here.
Dec. 26: 700 block of Elm Ave., two unoccupied vehicles hit LBREPORT.com coverage here
Dec. 13: Man and woman (both adults) shot/wounded area Locust Ave./Del Amo Blvd. (north of the RR tracks, 8th Council district, LBREPORT.com coverage here.
Dec. 10: Man stabbed, teen taken into custody, Pacific/Hill (6th dist.), LBREPORT.com coverage here
Dec. 2, male juvenile (age 17) shot/wounded area MLK Ave./15th St. (eastern edge of Poly High, 6th Council district), LBREPORT.com coverage here.
Nov. 26: Man (adult) is shot, 1600 block W. PCH (1st Council district), coverage here.
Nov. 25: Man (adult) shot, 2200 block Santa Fe Ave. (7th Council district), coverage here.
Nov. 19, 1300 block Dawson Ave., man (adult) is shot (4th dist.), coverage here
Sept. 15: Man is Shot, 3400 block of E. 67th St. (9th dist.), coverage here.
Sept. 14: Man fatally shot, woman wounded, 5400 block Atlantic Ave. (8th dist.), coverage here
Sept 14: Shots fired, vehicle damaged, area 11th/Gaviota.(6th dist.)
September 12: Woman found deceased in residence, 6700 block Gardenia (9th dist.), coverage here
Sept. 11: Man Shot To Death, Locust Ave./12th St., (1st dist.) coverage here
Sept 5: Man Found Fatally Shot On Road Within Long Beach Port (2nd dist.), coverage here.
Sept. 1 and 2: Two Shootings In Two Days Hit Vehicles, Miss Persons: One in NLB, Another in Central LB, coverage here.
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Aug. 30: Man (adult) is shot -- and killed -- in the area of Hile Ave. north of 16th St. The area is just west of Temple Ave., about three blocks north and a bit west of LB's iconic "Joe Jost's." (4th dist.) LBREPORT.com coverage here
Aug. 29, 15th St./Walnut Ave., 1:10 a.m., man shows up at hospital with a gunshot wound, says a man tried to rob him and then shot him; officers unable to find evidence of a shooting at that location (6th dist.) LBREPORT.com coverage here
Aug. 29, 1:45 a.m., man shot, area 15th St./Gundry Ave., possible drive-by shooting (6th dist.) LBREPORT.com coverage here
Aug. 28, 12:30 a.m., Anaheim St./Newport Ave.; shots fired at victims in a vehicle; vehicle is hit, occupants not hit (4th dist.)
Aug. 22: Man (adult) shot, area 11th St./MLK Ave. (6th dist.), coverage here.
Aug. 11: Man (adult) shot, 200 block of 69th Way (9th district), coverage here
Aug. 11: Juvenile shot, 11th St/MLK Ave. (6th dist.), coverage here
Aug. 6: Mother and daughter (age 4) are shot to death, 9th St./Locust Ave. (1st distict), coverage here
Aug 6: Group fight, two stabbed, one of whom dies, 2600 block E. Anaheim St. (6th dist.), coverage here
Aug. 5: Body of 19 yr old found at Willow St./San Gabriel River, a homicide (5th dist.), coverage here