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Man Is Fatally Shot, 700 block Linden Ave.

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(June 29, 2015, 10:45 a.m.) -- LBPD has issued a release on the homicide LBREPORT.com reported before dawn today (June 29). It was the third of three shootings within a two hour period on Sunday night (June 28. info below.)

[LBPD release text] On Sunday, June 28, 2015, at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers responded to an apartment complex in the 700 block of Linden Avenue regarding a shooting victim, which resulted in the death of a male adult.
When officer’s arrived, they located the victim on an apartment staircase, who had been struck in the upper body by gunfire. Officers immediately began life saving measures until Long Beach Fire Department paramedics arrived. Paramedics ultimately determined the victim deceased at the scene.
The victim's identity will be determined by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, who will also notify next of kin.
No suspect information is available, a motive for the shooting is unknown, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this shooting is urged to contact the Long Beach Police Homicide Detectives Mark Bigel Guarino and Sean Irving at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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Red Xs=2014 and 2015 murders to date; Blue Xs=2014 and 2015 shootings to date, 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; Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Separate map shows shootings in NLB.

(June 29, 2015. 5:15 a.m.) -- The third of three shootings within a two hour period on Sunday night (June 28) was a homicide just north of the East Village arts district and a few blocks northeast of downtown Long Beach:

LBPD overnight watch commander Lt. Dina Zapalski tells LBREPORT.com that officers responded at 11:38 p.m. (eleven minutes after a WLB shooting) to a shooting in the 700 block of Linden Ave. Officers found a man (adult) with gunshot wounds; they attempted life saving measures but the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Investigators are on-scene in the predawn hours.

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As separately reported by LBREPORT.com, a person was shot a few minutes earlier in the area of Admiral Kidd Park in WLB (Santa Fe south of 21st St.)

And roughly two hours earlier, a man (adult) and a four year old boy were struck by gunfire in the 1100 block of E. 21st St. (6th Council district.) The boy suffered a graze wound; he and the man (who suffered a more serious gunshot wound) were transported to a hospital with injuries described as "non-life-threatening."

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