Five Shot Sunday Nite, 200 block W. 14th St. (b/w Cedar/Pacific, North of 14th St. Park)

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(UPDATED Feb. 16, 12:20 a.m. from Feb. 15, 2015, 11:50 p.m.) -- LBPD now confirms that five people were shot on Sunday night -- and one is reported in critical condition late Sunday night -- in a crime scene in the 200 block of West 14th St. (between Cedar and Pacific Aves., just north of 14th St. Park.)

The area is roughly twelve blocks (barely a mile) north of LB's downtown Civic Center.

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Red Xs=2014 murders; Blue Xs=2014 and 2015 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; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial for shootings in area shown.

In preliminary information, LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Brad Johnson tells LBREPORT.com that at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 15), officers were dispatched to 200 block of W 14th St. regarding a shooting...and on arrival found multiple victims.

Four victims were transported to hospitals by LBFD. [UPDATE] A fifth victim is in a hospital outside of Long Beach. At late evening, one victim was reported in critical condition with four suffering non-life-threatening injuries. [End UPDATE]

PIO Johnson says what took place is being investigated as possibly gang related...and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

The 1st Council district has been represented since mid-July 2014 by Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez and was previously represented by now-Mayor (then-Councilman/Vice Mayor) Robert Garcia from May 2009 until mid-July 2014.

On September 2, 2014, Councilwoman Gonzalez joined in a unanimous Council vote that approved a FY15 budget recommended by Mayor Garcia that eliminated budgeted funding for LBPD's field anti-gang unit (previously 20 officers plus 2 sergeants, had been allowed to deplete since Sept. 2013 budget vote) and didn't restore police officers for taxpayers (roughly 200 officers) cut by Council budget votes since Sept. 2009.

We'll update this story as we learn further.