TWO Men Shot Sun Nite <nobr>July 5</nobr> Area 14th St./Chestnut (Near Seaside Park/14th St Park)

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TWO Men Shot Sun Nite July 5 Area 14th St./Chestnut (Near Seaside Park/14th St Park)

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(July 5, 2015, 11:55 p.m.) -- Two men (adults) people were shot in the 10 p.m. hour on Sunday July 5 in the 1400 block of Chestnut Ave. (near where 14th St. Park and Seaside Park meet in LB's 1st Council district.) The location is basically about 1.3 miles nearly due north of Long Beach City Hall.

LBPD Watch Commander Lt. Mark Coble tells LBREPORT.com that at about 10:10 p.m., two men (adults) were struck by gunfire; they were transported to a hospital in critical condition.

This double-shooting comes less than 24 hours after yesterday's (July 4th) double shooting in which two adults -- a man and a woman -- were wounded in the area of 10th St./Lewis Ave. at about 11:30 p.m.

On July 2 (three days before tonight's shooting), a 14 year old boy was shot and wounded in the 1000 block of Chestnut Ave. (roughly four blocks south of the July 5 crime scene.)

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Red Xs=2014 and 2015 murders to date; 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. A separate map (not shown here) indicates add'l shootings in NLB.

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Since Jan. 1, 2015, the district has had 8 non-fatal shootings (9 if one counts a shooting on the border of district 2)...in addition to three fatal shootings in June (after no fatal shootings from Jan-June 2015.) The 1st Council district has been represented by Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez since mid-July 2014, and was previously represented by now-Mayor Robert Garcia since May 2009..