Long Beach Has FIVE Shootings Within Roughly 18 Hrs. -- FOUR Within Roughly Four Hours On Afternoon Of July 4th; Most Are In North Long Beach; One Is A Homicide; One Is In Central LB, Area Pine Ave./15th St.
(July 4, 2014, 5:30 p.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that FIVE shootings have occurred Long Beach in roughly 18 hours. FOUR of the shootings occurred between 12:30 in the noon hour and 4:10 p.m. on July 4th. FOUR of the shootings are in North Long Beach...and one of them is a homicide.
[UPDATE: July 5: In a release (text below) LBPD calls the homicide a murder and says it's being investigated as gang related.]
LBREPORT.com reports initial information as breaking, confirmed with LBPD. Public Information Officer Marlene Arrona tells LBREPORT.com:
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
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July 3, roughly 9:55 p.m.: LBPD responds to a shooting in the area of 56th St./Locust Ave; officers locate a man (adult) who'd been shot; he's transported to a hospital in serious condition; no suspect info immediately available; it's being investigated as possibly gang related.
July 4, approx. 12:30 p.m.: Officers dispatched to a shots call, area 6500 block Gardenia; officers locate a male victim determined deceased at the scene. No suspect info at this point.
[UPDATE July 5, noon hour, LBPD release text] On Friday, July 4, 2014, around 12:30 p.m., Long Beach Police were dispatched to a report of shots heard in the area of the 6500 block of Gardenia Avenue, which resulted in the death of a male adult.
Arriving officers located a victim with an apparent gunshot wound, in an alley. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics responded and determined the victim deceased at the scene.
The victim has been identified as 24-year-old Kayon Dafney of Long Beach.
No suspect information is available. The incident is being investigated as gang related.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Long Beach Police Homicide Detectives Teryl Hubert and Sean Irving 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.
July 4, approx. 1:30 p.m.,: Officers dispatched to 5800 block Elm Ave. re assault with deadly weaapon call, arrive to find a man with injured arm who was sitting in a vehicle when someone fired from another vehicle, breaking a window; no suspect or suspect vehicle info [caveat: We're not sure at this point if this shooting will ultimately be classified as a "hit" shooting to a person or a shooting at an occupied vehicle.]
July 4, approx. 3:02 p.m.: officers dispatched to 5500 block Ackerfield Avenue regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call, locate a male victim (no age immediately available) with a non-life-threatening gunshot injury; he's transported to a hospital.
July 4, approx. 4:10 p.m.: officers dispatched to the area of Pine Ave./E. 15th Street regarding a shooting; man (adult) has non-life-threatening wounds, he's transported to a hospital
LBPD's investigations of all of these crimes are ongoing.
Further as it develops in the coming hours and as we learn it on LBREPORT.com.
