Man Is Shot In Downtown LB, 500 block E. 4th St.; It's Second Shooting In 1st District (Councilwoman Gonzalez) Within About Seven Hours

' Man Is Shot In Downtown LB, 500 block E. 4th St.; It's Second Shooting In 1st District (Councilwoman Gonzalez) Within About Seven Hours

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Man Is Shot In Downtown LB, 500 block E. 4th St. (East Village Area); It's Second Shooting In 1st District (Councilwoman Gonzalez) Within About Seven Hours

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(Aug. 23, 2017, 11:45 p.m.) -- Initial information is very sketchy but LBPD indicates a man was shot in downtown Long Beach (East Village area) on Wednesday night (Aug. 23) in the 500 block of E. 4th St. (roughly Linden Ave.)

LBPD Watch Commander Lt. Darren Lance tells LBREPORT.com that the shooting occurred in the 9 p.m. hour; the victim was taken to a hospital, at last report (11 p.m. hour) was in critical condition.

LBPD is on-scene investigating.

It's the second shooting within seven hours in LB's 1st Council district (represented since mid-July 2014 by Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez.) About seven hours earlier, a boy was shot at midafternoon in the 200 block of W. 14th St. in the area alongside 14th St. Park. [LBREPORT.com coverage here.]

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Today's two shootings (Aug. 23) come six days after Mayor Garcia delivered non-agendized remarks (Aug. 17) to LB's Parks & Recreation Commission during which he boasted that crime is down and blamed social networks for the public's perception that it isn't. [LBREPORT.com coverage with perspective here.] The 1st Council district has been represented since mid-July 2014 by Councilwoman Gonzalez, a former Council office aide to then-Councilman/Vice Mayor Garcia who took office as Mayor in mid-July 2014; both are now seeking re-election in April 2018.

The map below shows shootings (and stabbings) from Jan. 1, 2014 to date (during the term of office of Councilwoman Gonzalez plus the last six months of then-Vice Mayor/now Mayor Garcia.)

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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Other recent shootings:

Aug. 23: Boy is shot, 200 block W. 14th St. (near Pacific Ave., 1st Council district) LBREPORT.com coverage here.
Aug. 17: Man is shot and killed, area 900 block Dayman St., drives to 1900 block Myrtle, crashes car, is found deceased (6th district, here.)
Aug. 15: Person (gender, age uncertain) is shot/wounded, 2600 block of E. 56th St. (8th district, coverage here.)
Aug 12: Man shot to death, 7th/Orange Ave. (border 1st/2nd Council districts, coverage here)
Aug. 7: 2300 block E. 14th St., man is shot (coverage here.)
Aug. 1: 1300 block Taper St. (SW of Wardlow Rd/710 freeway), man and woman shot/wounded (coverage here.)
July 22, 1700 block Daisy Ave. (1st dist.), vehicles hit by gunfire (coverage here.)
July 22, 400 block Maine (1st dist.) man is shot/killed in 2 a.m. hour. (coverage here)
July 16, Harbor Ave./PCH (1st dist.), person(s) fires shots in area of family/friends outdoor gathering, no person(s) hit (coverage here)
July 16, 15th/Rose (6th dist.), male juvenile shot
July 15, MLK/PCH (6th dist.), group of four male and female Blacks and Samoan juveniles approached by two Hispanic men or older juveniles who exit vehicle; one produces a handgun and fires at the group; one victim hit