Second Midafternoon Shooting (May 21) In Two Days, This Time In Central LB (LB Blvd/20th St.)

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(May 21, 2015) -- For the second time in less than two days, Long Beach has had a shooting at midafternoon, this time in Central LB in the area of LB Blvd./20th St. (6th Council district.)

LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Megan Zabel tells LBREPORT.com that at about 2:47 p.m., a man (adult) walked into a local hospital emergency room with a non-life threatening gunshot wound in stable condition...and staated that the shooting occurred in the area of Long Beach Blvd and 20th St. The motive for the shooting is under investigation and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

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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.

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As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, a day earlier (May 20) gunfire flew at midafternoon in NLB near Houghton Park and a woman was struck and wounded.

On May 17, 2015, a man (adult) was shot in the 5500 block of Atlantic Ave. near Market St.