North Long Beach In Broad Daylight: Man Is Robbed At Gunpoint (8th dist.), Victim Pursues Robbers In Vehicle, They Shoot At Him (9th dist.) And Miss

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UPDATED: North Long Beach In Broad Daylight: Man Is Robbed At Gunpoint (Lakewood/bordering 8th dist.), Victim Pursues Robbers In Vehicle, They Shoot At Him (9th dist.) And Miss

It's second Northtown no-hit shooting within six hours

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(June 18, 2016, updated at 12:40 p.m. from initial 8:40 a.m.) -- The crime stats will show it as a "no-hit" shooting and an armed robbery, but what actually happened is even worse. LBREPORT.com has learned that in broad daylight/early evening Friday June 17, a man was robbed at gunpoint in Lakewood near LB's 8th Council district border; the robbers took off in a vehicle; the victim pursused them in a vehicle; they headed into northern North Long Beach (9th dist.) where someone in the robbers/suspects' vehicle shot at their victim...but missed. At this point, the suspects remain at large (they're on the street where they can do this again.)

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[Updated information] LBPD PIO Sgt. Bradley Johnson says a man (adult) was the victim of an armed robbery in the area of Paramount Blvd./Candlewood St. when two suspects allegedly approached him and robbed him at gunpoint of his jewelry and cash. The suspects sped off...and the victim followed the suspects in his his own car.

The victim chased the suspect vehicle to the area of Orizaba Ave./65th St. where the two suspects allegedly stopped, got out of their vehicle and fired at the victim. The victim wasn't hit...but numerous casings were recovered.

LBPD is investigating what took place as possibly gang related.

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 Central LB.

This was the second "northtown" (8th-9th dist) shooting within six hours on June 17. In the noon-hour Friday, gunfire flew in the area of Elm Ave./Plymouth St. in the 8th Council district (area west of Atlantic, south of Market St.) although no person(s) or property were hit.

And in the early morning hours Saturday (June 18), two people were shot/wounded in the 200 block of Hullett St. in the 9th district (near border with 8th district) roughly a block north of the historic Long Beach Dairy and Creamery (separate coverage coming on LBREPORT.com).

The initial version of this story indicated the armed robbery was in Long Beach when it was steps away in Lakewood near the border of LB's 8th Council district.

On Sept 15 and 22, 2015 the Council voted (without dissent) to adopt a FY16 budget, recommended by Mayor Robert Garcia, that failed to restore LBPD's former field anti-gang unit. It leaves LB taxpayers with a budgeted police level for citywide deployment roughly equivalent per capita to what L.A. would have if L.A.'s Mayor and Council cut roughly 30% of LAPD's officers.

In August 2012, Mayor Foster first recommended the budgeted elimination of LBPD's field anti-gang unit. The Council balked, funded the unit at half strength for a year, but in subsequent years quietly let it disappear.

Other recent shootings:

June 17: Gunfire, area Elm/Plymouth (no property/persons hit, 8th dist.)
June 16: Gunfire heard and man (adult) passenger in car found shot, area Temple Ave./14th St. (4th St.)
June 12: Man Is Shot, 6800 block Curtis Ave. (9th dist.)
June 9: Two people shot -- one declared deceased at the scene (64th St./Coronado Ave., 9th dist.)
May 30: Man (adult) shot, 100 block Gordon St. (southern tip Coolidge Triangle, 9th dist.)
May 25: Drive-by shooting, man hit, Orange Ave./61st St. (9th dist.)
May 24: 1300 block Walnut Ave., vehicle is damaged. (6th dist.)
May 21: 900 block E. Artesia: Gunfire exchanged between two suspects, one is hit (9th dist.)
May 15: Man is shot, area Orange Ave./61st St. (9th dist.)
May 14: 1100 block Orange Ave. man is shot during a home invasion (border 6th/2nd Council dists.)
May 8: 1000 block of Alamitos Ave., man is shot (6th dist. near 1st dist. border)
May 3: 15th St./Stanley Ave, vehicle struck by gunfire (4th dist.)
May 3: 3300 block E. 65th (near Ramona Park), 16 year is shot/killed (9th dist.)
May 3, 1500 block Walnut, man shot (6th dist.)
April 30: 800 block Via Wanda, evidence of gunfire, no persons hit (8th dist.)
April 28: 300 block W. Willow St., gunfire heard, evidence of shooting found (6th dist.)
April 28: Walnut/14th St., man is shot (6th district)
April 27: 1600 block Pine Ave., man is shot (noon hour, 1st dist.)
April 27: 500 block Maine Ave., gunfire heard, evidence of shooting found (1st dist.)
April 21, 1800 block Pine Ave., man shot (6th dist.)
April 18, 1200 block E. 17th St., four people shot; one dies, three are wounded (6th dist.)
April 11: 200 block W. 12th St., male victim is shot (1st dist.)
April 11: 1900 block W. Willow St., building is hit (7th dist.)
April 10: Man (adult) shot, 3300 block Caspian Ave. (7th dist.)
April 9: Man (adult) shot, Linden/Norton (8th dist.) [This shooting just days before election day was a few blocks from the newly named Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library in 9th dist.]
April 9: Man (adult) shot, Coolidge Triangle area, 200 block E. Barclay (9th dist.)
Apr. 7: Man (adult) shot/wounded area Artesia Blvd./Butler Ave. (9th dist.)
Apr. 7: Man (adult) shot/wounded area Artesia Blvd./Butler Ave. (9th dist.)
Apr. 2: Late afternoon gunfire South St./Linden Ave., no persons/property (border 8th/9th Council districts)

Mar. 31: 17 year old shot/killed, 1300 block E. 11th St. (6th dist. near border of 2nd dist.)

Mar. 30: Man is shot/killed, 1600 block Pine Ave. (1st dist.)

Mar. 21: Car to car shooting, 1400 block E. 14th St., no victims found (6th dist.)

Mar. 19: Gunfire, area 10th/Olive, no person hit (border of the 1st/6th districts)

Mar. 17: Man is shot, E. 10th St./Lime Ave. (borders 1st and 6th districts)

Mar. 11: Man is shot, area 1st St. between Lime/Alamitos (border 2nd district)

Mar. 6: Man is shot, area 19th/Cedar (6th dist.), found dead in vehicle 1700 block Pacific Ave. (1st dist.)

Mar. 3: Two people shot, one of whom dies, area Artesia Blvd/Butler Ave. (9th dist.)

Feb. 28: Man found shot to death, area 10th St./Norman Court(4th dist.)

Feb. 27: Gunfire hits vehicle, area 11th/Ohio (4th dist.)

Feb. 9: Man (adult) shot in midnight hour, 2200 block Spaulding St. (4th dist.)

Feb. 8: 2600 block Adriatic Ave., man is shot (7th dist.)

Feb. 6: 1900 block of W. Wardlow Rd., man is shot (7th dist.)

Feb. 2: 2200 block Lime Ave., man is shot (6th dist.)

Jan. 24: 1900 block Pasadena Ave., unoccupied vehicle struck by gunfire (6th dist.)

Jan. 24: 800 block Walnut Ave.: two vehicles damaged by gunfire (2nd dist.)

Jan. 17: 1300 block Walnut Ave. (three vehicles damaged by gunfire (3:30 a.m.) (6th dist.),

Jan. 10: 3200 block E. Artesia Blvd. (9th dist.): Man (adult) was found shot multiple times

Jan. 9: Chestnut/17th St.: Evidence of gunfire, no persons/property struck (1st dist.)

Jan. 1: 1300 block MLK Ave. (6th Council district); no persons hit

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