Man Shot To Death, Six Blocks North of Civic Center (1st dist.)
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(UPDATE Aug. 13, 2018, 1:08 p.m.) In a midday release, LBPD adds to its initial information below that "officers gathered information indicating the victim and the suspect were involved in an altercation and located evidence a shooting had occurred. Both suspect and victim fled the scene prior to officer arrival..." The victim's identity is being withheld pending notification to next of kin.
(Aug. 13, 2018, 5:55 a.m.) -- A man was shot to death on Sunday night (Aug. 12), roughly six blocks north of LB's Civic Center (1st dist.)
Initial information is skecthy. LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. Chad Ellis tells LBREPORT.com that at about 8:30 p.m., officers responded to the 600 block of Cedar Ave., initially couldn't spot a victim or suspect but checked nearby yards found a man (adult) with a gunshot wound. LBFD responded and determined the victim was deceased.
LBPD says the suspect is a male Hispanic. Investigators were on-scene overnight working the case. Further as we learn it.
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Jan 1, 2018 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) shows shootings in NLB
For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017:
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