LBPD Public Information Officer Nancy Pratt tells LBREPORT.com that on July 8 at about 11 p.m., officers responded ot the 900 block of Hoffman Ave regarding a shooting and arrived to find a man and woman had been struck by gunfire; LBFD transported them to a hospital; the woman was later pronounced deceased; the man was listed in stable condition.

In a release, LBPD says the woman was 22 (identification pending notification of next of kin); the man is 25; they're both residents of Long Beach

LBPD says a motive remains under investigation [and the release says] the shooting is being investigated as possibly gang related.

LBPD asks anyone who witnessed or has information about what took place to contact its Homicide Detail at (562) 570-7244.

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Jan 1, 2018 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) shows shootings in NLB

For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017:

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