It's the second shooting within two weeks in the area just south of PCH in the 1st Council district (Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez) but police don't believe it's gang-related.

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Initial information is sketchy. LBPD Public Information Officer Arantxa Chavarria says officers responded at approximately 2:45 a.m. to a shooting in the 1700 block of Daisy Ave. LBFD pronounced the victim deceased at the scene and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

LNPD Sgt. Brad Johnson adds at midmorning that the shooting is not believed to be gang related; the victim is believed to be a homeless man, roughly 30-35 years old, who may have lived in an encampment near the area of 17th/Daisy...and the shooter may have been riding a bicycle (according to the overnight Watch Commander.)

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On June 5 ("election day"), Long Beach had two non-fatal shootings within less than a mile within less than seven hours. The first was a block south of PCH just east of LB Blvd. (1st dist.) and the second was a couple of blocks west of LB Blvd near Hill St. (6th dist., eastern portion of Wrigley district.)

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

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

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