Victim Fatally Shot, 1300 block E. 11th St., Second LB Homicide Within 24 Hours

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Victim Fatally Shot 1300 block E. 11th St.; Second LB Homicide Within 24 Hours

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(Apr. 1, 2016) -- LBPD has issued the release below on the Mar. 31 homicide:

[LBPD release text] -- On Thursday, March 31, 2016, at approximately 11:48 p.m., Long Beach Police responded to the 1300 block of East 11th Street to investigate a possible shooting.
Arriving officers located a male who had been struck by gunfire in the upper torso. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics responded and transported the victim, in critical condition, to a local hospital where he subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
The victim has been identified as 17-year-old Chad Sokhan Hang, a resident of Long Beach.
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 Donald Goodman and Mark Mattia 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...

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 NLB.

(Apr. 1, 6:05 a.m.) -- Long Beach had its second homicide in 24 hours last night, this time in Central Long Beach roughly two blocks south of MacArthur Park and the Mark Twain library.

Preliminary information at predawn is sketchy. LBPD overnight Watch Commandr Lt. Greg Schirmer tells LBREPORT.com that at about 11:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1300 block of E. 11th St. ; officers found a male victim (age not available at this point); he was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

There's no immediate suspect information and officers are investigating the circumstances of the latest homicide. We'll add further details as received.

As reported yesterday by LBREPORT.com, a man was fatally shot about 24 hours earlier in the 1600 block of Pine Ave. (1st Council district), about two blocks north of a new "Habitat for Humanity" home unveiled at a press event held with local officials.