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WLB Drive-By Shooting: Santa Fe/Columbia (South of Spring St.)

WLB has suffered at least seven shootings (incl. one murder) w/in eight months

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(Jan. 25, 2015) -- A drive-by shooting took place last night (Sat. Jan. 24) in the neighborhood just west of Santa Fe. Ave. and three blocks south of Spring St. It's the seventh shooting in West Long Beach (that we know about) in eight months...and one of the shootings was fatal.

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LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Brad Johnson tells LBREPORT.com that on Sat. Jan. 24, LBPD responded at about 8:45 p.m. to the 1800 block of West Columbia St. where a man (adult) was shot. The victim was transported to a hospital with what's described as a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

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

PIO Johnson says it's undetermined at this point if the shooting is gang related; no one is in custody at daybreak Sunday (Jan. 25) ...and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

As previously reported by LBREPORT.com:

On Aug. 23, a man turned up at a hospital and reported he was shot in the 1600 block of W. PCH just east of Santa Fe
On July 25 at about 11 p.m., a man was shot -- and later died from his wounds -- when he was outside a residence on a hot muggy night in the 3200 block of Baltic Ave. east of Santa Fe Ave. (a bit north of Silverado Park) LBPD said the victim did NOT appear to have gang involvement.
On July 22, a shooting occurred in broad daylight (1:35 p.m.) in the area of Santa Fe Ave. roughly one block south of Spring St. .
On July 13 at about 3:10 p.m., a shooting (victim hit) took place in the area of Santa Fe Ave. and W. 33rd St. (a bit north of Spring St.)
In July 6, a man (adult) was shot in the area of Spring St./Santa Fe Ave. Arriving officers found a man (adult) who sustained a gunshot injury. He was transported to a local hospital with an injury that appeared to be non-life-threatening.
On May 1, a 19 year-old man was walking near Santa Fe Ave./Arlington Ave. (three blocks south of Wardlow Rd.) when a male suspect fired shots at him.

The Santa Fe/Spring St. area is in the 7th dist. represented by Councilman Roberto Uranga; one of the WLB shootings (south near PCH) is in the 1st dist. now represented by Councilwoman Lena Gonzales. Both took office on July 15, 2014.

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