UPDATE: Multiple Gunshot Wounds, No Motive Identified Yet, 37 Yr Old Shooting Victim (800 block Cedar Ave.) Is A LB Man, Perished Roughly Eight Blocks North of LB City Hall </small>

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UPDATE: Multiple Gunshot Wounds, No Motive Identified Yet, 37 Yr Old Shooting Victim (800 block Cedar Ave.) Is A LB Man, Perished Roughly Eight Blocks North of LB City Hall

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(June 23, 2015, 6:20 p.m.) -- In a release issued at late afternoon today (July 23), LBPD says a 37 year old Long Beach man perished from "multiple gunshot wounds" in the 800 block of Cedar Ave. on Monday morning (June 22) for a motive that police currently don't know as their investigation continues.

[LBPD release text] -- On Monday, June 22, 2015, about 8:45 a.m., Long Beach Police were dispatched to the area of the 800 block Cedar Avenue regarding a shooting call, which resulted in the death of a male adult.
Upon arrival, officers located a victim who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso. Long Beach Fire Department personnel responded and determined him deceased at the scene. The victim has been identified as 37-year-old Douglas Wilson of Long Beach.
The SWAT team responded to assist with the search of a nearby residence. As a precautionary measure, nearby residents voluntarily evacuated during the tactical operation. A suspect was not located in the residence.
No one is in custody and no suspect information is available. A motive for the shooting is unknown and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Long Beach Police Homicide Detectives Hugo Cortes and Oscar Valenzuela 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.

(June 23, 2015, 12:05 p.m.) -- The L.A. County Coroner's office (per Lt. Fred Corral) has identified the victim of the June 22 shooting reported below as Douglas Jerome Wilson, 37, of Long Beach.

(June 23, 2015) -- As flashed on our front page and followed throughout the day yesterday (June 22), a man (adult) was shot and killed on Monday morning in the 800 block of Cedar Ave -- basically eight blocks due north of LB City Hall.

The homicide led to a SWAT deployment, some voluntary evacuations (suspect search proved unproductive) and closing off surrounding streets until early evening for the homicide investigation in LB's historic Willmore City neighborhood.

Photo courtesy Jennie Linn

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In the coming hours we expect an LBPD release with further information and we'll update this story accordingly.

Less than three weeks ago (June 6, 2015), a man was shot and wounded in the 1000-1100 block of Cedar Ave.

Below is a map, compiled by LBREPORT.com, of fatal and non-fatal shootings cumulated since Jan. 1, 2014. (Our map is unofficial, compiled from shootings confirmed by LBPD; a separate map (not shown here) indicates add'l shootings in NLB.)

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.

The latest shooting was in LB's 1st Council district, represented since mid-July 2014 by Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez, who prior to her election was an aide in the office of Councilman/Vice Mayor now Mayor Robert Garcia. Garcia represented the area for the preceding five years (May 2009-mid-July 2014) and from mid-2010 chaired the Council's Public Safety Committee (chosen by then-Mayor Bob Foster.) During this period, Mayor Foster proposed budgets on which Garcia's Public Safety Committee held no hearings, and with Council majority support eliminated the largest number of sworn citywide deployable officers for taxpayers within a five year period in the more than 100 year hstory of the City of Long Beach.