Man Is Shot To Death, Predawn Hours, Southern End of LB's Historic Willmore District (1st Council District) '

' Man Is Shot To Death, Predawn Hours, Southern End of LB's Historic Willmore District (1st Council District) '

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Man Is Shot To Death, Predawn Hours, Southern End of LB's Historic Willmore District (1st Council District)

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(July 22, 2017) -- A man was shot to death, and LBPD is investigating the shooting as possibly gang-related at the southern end of LB's historic Willmore District (1st Council district) in the predawn hours today (Sat. July 22.)

LBPD states in a release:

On July 22, 2017 at 2:31 AM Long Beach Police Officers were called to the area of 4th Street and Maine Avenue regarding reports of gunshots being heard. When officers arrived they located a male adult laying in the street with a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
The Long Beach Fire Department was called to the scene and determined the subject to be deceased.
Homicide detectives responded to the scene for the investigation. The incident is being investigated as possibly gang related.
The victim'\’s identity is being withheld pending notification to next of kin.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Homicide Detectives Goodman or Mattia at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted through "LA CRIME STOPPERS" by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the "P3 Tips" app to your smart phone (available at the Apple store and Google Play), or by visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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2014 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=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.

The homicide comes less than a week after some person(s) opened fire on or near a group of residents/friends at an outdoor gathering in the 1st Council district neighborhood west of the L.A. river (Harbor Ave. north of PCH); residents initially thought the sounds were more illegal fireworks until LBPD arrived and found shell casings. No one was hit; LBPD says it's not immediately clear if the gunfire targeted people attending the event.

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Other recent shootings:

July 16, Harbor Ave./PCH (1st dist.), person(s) fires shots in area of family/friends outdoor gathering, no person(s) hit
July 16, 15th/Rose (6th dist.), male juvenile shot
July 15, MLK/PCH (6th dist.), group of four male and female Blacks and Samoan juveniles approached by two Hispanic men or older juveniles who exit vehicle; one produces a handgun and fires at the group; one victim hit

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