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UPDATE: LBPD IDs Murder Victim, Age 27, Says He Was NOT A Gang Member And Motive For The Shooting Is Unknown; Two Shootings In NLB Overnight: One Leaves A Man Dead In A Car, Area Atlantic/Artesia, Another Sends Bullets At Apt. In Eastern NLB, No One Hit


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(Dec. 6, 2014, 7:10 p.m.) -- LBPD has identified the victim in today's predawn NLB murder (reported earlier today by LBREPORT.com) as Miguel Martinez, 27, of Long Beach and says in a release: "The victim was not a gang member and a motive for the shooting is unknown."

The release says "no suspect information is available at this time and the investigation remains ongoing" and urges anyone with information about what took place to .call LBPD Homicide Detectives Donald Goodman and Mark Mattia at (562) 570-7244. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or text TIPLA plus your tip to 274637 (CRIMES), or visit www.LACrimeStoppers.org.


(Dec. 6, 2014, 9:30 a.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned of two shootings -- one fatal -- in NLB overnight.

Initial information is sketchy. LBPD PIO Marlene Arrona tells LBREPORT.com:

At about 2:40 a.m., LBPD responded to shots heard in area of Atlantic Ave./Artesia Blvd. and arriving officers found a man (adult) victim in a vehicle. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by LBFD.

LBPD Homicide detectives responded and their investigation is ongoing.

Atlantic Ave. between Artesia/Harding was closed for several hours but has reopened.

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Red Xs=2014 murders; Blue Xs=2014 shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=2014 shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs=shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map accounts for shootings in area shown.

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A few hours earlier at about 10:00 p.m. about two miles east in NLB, officers were dispatched to possible shots heard in the area of the 3300 block of 67th Street. Arriving officers determined gunfire hit an occupied apartment...but no person was hit. That investigation is also ongoing.


Red Xs=2014 murders; Blue Xs=2014 shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=2014 shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs=shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map accounts for shootings in area shown.

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