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South Wrigley Midnight Hour Gunfire, "No Hit" Shooting Area 20th/Henderson


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(Nov. 12, 2015, 11:15 a.m.) -- Residents of LB's South Wrigley neighborhood heard gunfire in the midnight hour today (Nov. 12) followed by police activity, initially dispatched to the area of 1900 block of Chestnut Ave. said overnight Watch Commander Patrick O'Dowd, following a "no hit" shooting subsequently determined to be in the area of 20th St./Henderson Ave. (6th Council district.)

At midmorning, LBPD Public Information Officer Marlene Arrona told LBREPORT.com that a man indicated to responding officers that he was the intended victim, although he wasn't hit.

The "no hit" shooting occurred just hours after a public meeting (1300 block Pine Ave.) organized by adjoining 1st district Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez to promote what City Hall calls "Community Watch."

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The morning's "no-hit" shooting came a little over twenty-four hours after Jeffrey Keo, age 26 -- who LBPD says was NOT a gang member -- was fatally shot in the area of 14th St./Gundry Ave. roughly two miles east/southeast of this morning's no-hit shooting, also in the 6th district.

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Red Xs=2014 and 2015 homicides 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= 2014 and 2015 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

On Oct. 13, 6th dist. Councilman Dee Andrews was the lead agendizer, joined by Councilwoman Gonzalez, Vice Mayor Lowenthal and Councilman Supernaw in proposing to create a "Dog Walker Watch" program in which volunteers walking their dogs would be trained to be observant and report suspicious activity. (On Oct. 13, the Council voted 9-0 to send the proposal to its Housing and Neighborhoods Committee, chaired by Councilman Andrews.) (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

On Sept. 22, the City Council's Public Safety Committee (Price, Supernaw, Austin) heard an LBPD report on shootings but made no recommendations and didn't refer the matter to the full City Council.

On Sept 15 and 22, the Council voted (without dissent) for a FY16 budget, recommended by Mayor Robert Garcia, that failed to restore LBPD's former field anti-gang unit and 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.

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In recent shootings:

Nov. 10: 1400 block Gundry Ave.: Man is shot to death (6th district)

Nov. 9: 1200 block E. 52nd St.: Man is shot to death (8th district)

Nov. 8: 1600 block Pine Ave.: "no hit" shooting/shell casings found (1st dist.)

Nov. 5: Anaheim/Gardenia (just west of Cherry): Man is hit, midnight hour (4th dist. bordering 6th dist.)

Oct. 31: 1000 block Olive Ave., man is fatally shot (6th dist.)

Oct. 30: 2400 block E. 5th St. (east of Junipero): "no hit" shooting (2nd Council dist.)

Oct. 29: 1600 block E. 7th St. (near Walnut Ave.): man is struck/wounded by gunfire (2nd Council dist.)

Oct. 27: 14th St. near LB Blvd. A "no hit" shooting just east of the eastern end of 14th St. Park. (1st dist.)

Oct. 25: 1000 block Maine Ave. (near Drake Park): Man is fatally stabbed. (1st dist.)

Oct. 21: Area Anaheim/Walnut: Evidence of gunfire, no victim located (6th dist.)

Oct. 20: 2000 block MLK, man shot/wounded (6th dist.)

Oct. 19: 2000 block Magnolia (eastward alley), man fatally shot (6th dist.)

Oct. 18: 2800 block E. 14th St. near Temple Ave.: Man (adult) is shot, approx. 5:25 p.m. (4th Council district)

Oct. 16: Daisy Ave./10th St., predawn no hit shooting, two suspects allegedly opened fire on two victims as the victims drove by (1st dist.)

Oct. 15: Pine Ave./16th St.: man (adult) is shot (1st dist.)

Oct. 14: 15th St./Cherry Ave: Two men (adults) hit (4th Council district) [both Oct. 14 shootings at about 5:30 a.m.]

Oct. 14: 15th St./Gaviota: Victim is hit (grazed) by gunfire (6th dist.)

Oct. 9: 2000 block Olive Ave., man (adult) is shot (6th district.).

Oct. 9: 3000 block Delta Ave., shots fired into an occupied dwelling (7th dist., no person hit.)

Oct. 6: Man is shot, 2600 block of South St. (border of 8th/9th Council districts)

Oct. 5: Man shot, 1900 block of Caspian Ave (a couple of blocks north of PCH, east of Santa Fe Ave., 1st Council district near border with 7th.)

Oct. 4: Shots fired, vehicle struck, driver not hit, 1400 block E. 68th St. (9th dist.)

Oct. 3: Two men shot, area 200 block @. 14th St. (area 14th St. Park/Pacific Ave., 1st Council district)

Oct. 3: Boy (male juvenile) is shot while riding his bicycle, PCH/Golden, border 1st/6th districts)

Oct. 2: Man shot, LB Blvd/Bort St. (Coolidge Triangle area, 9th dist.)

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Sept. 29: Two men (adults) shot in the 2600 block of Delta Ave. (WLB, 7th dist.)

Sept. 27: Man shot, area 15th/Daisy Ave. (1st Council district)

Sept. 25: Woman shot, 14th St. Park/Seaside Park area (1st Council district)

Sept. 25: Man shot, area Artesia Blvd./Minnesota Ave. (9th dist., NLB)

Sept. 24: Man shot, area of Seabright Ave. near West Wardlow Rd. (7th district.)

Sept. 24: Man shot -- and killed -- in the area southeast of Atlantic Ave./South St. (8th dist.)

Sept. 23: Man struck/wounded in the area of MLK/17th St. (6th Council district)

Sept. 23: Shooting scene but no victim located, 700 block Cedar Ave. (1st dist.)

Sept. 18: Long Beach Blvd/Louise St., two people -- a girl (female juvenile) and a man (adult) -- were shot/wounded by a suspect on a skateboard in the area of Louise St./Long Beach (8th Council district)

Sept. 17: A suspect shoots at a security guard in the area of LB Blvd./20th St. following a dispute; the gunfire missed the guard. (6th dist.)

Sept. 16: A man (adult) was shot and killed in the 1200 block of Chestnut Ave. (1st Council district.)

Sept. 15, a man was shot/wounded in the 2400 block of E. 14th St. (western part of the 4th dist.)

Sept. 11, a man was shot/wounded in the area of 52nd St/Elm Ave. (8th dist.)

Sept. 10 in the midnight hour, a man was fatally shot in the 2100 block of Pasadena Ave. (6th Council district)

Sept. 7 (Labor Day), a man was shot -- and killed -- in the 400 block of W. 5th St. (area Chestnut Ave., 1st district, about four blocks north of City Hall.)

Sept. 7: a non-fatal shooting occurred in NW North Long Beach (9th dist.) in the area of Butler Ave/Artesia Blvd.

On Sept. 3, someone fired gunshots at a man (adult) who was driving along the 1400 block of Gaviota Ave. (6th Council district.) The shooter missed him but struck his vehicle.

On Sept. 1 in the area of the 16th St./Pine Ave. (1st Council district), a parked vehicle was struck by gunfire although no person was hit.

Also on Sept. 1, a man (adult) was hit by gunfire at midmorning in the area of 10th St./Olive Ave. (border of 6th/1st districts (and by midafternoon, LBPD announced the arrest of a suspect on booking charges of attempted murder.)

On Aug. 31, a shooting in the 300 block of E. Eagle St. (east of LB Blvd., south of Burnett St.) leaves a victim wounded (6th district.)

On Aug. 28, a man was shot and wounded in what appeared to be a "walk up" shooting in the area of 10th St./Virginia Court (between Magnolia and Chestnut Aves., 1st dist.) roughly a mile due north of City Hall (an incident being investigated as possibly gang related.)

On Aug. 27, a woman (adult) was shot and wounded, and some cars were damaged by gunfire in the Seaside Park/14th St. Park area near Chestnut Ave. (1st district.).

On Aug. 24, a 17 year old male was struck by gunfire in the Wrigley area (Burnett St./Linden Ave., 6th district.)

On Aug. 24, shots were fired but no person and no property were hit in the area of 16th/Pine. (1st dist.)

On Aug. 23, a man was shot and killed in the area of PCH/Pine Ave. (border of 1st and 6th districts.)

On Aug. 22, a woman (adult) was shot and wounded in the in the area of Cedar Ave./Louise St. (8th Council district.)


Related coverage: Within Past 30 Days, These Two Long Beach Council Districts Combined Had More Hit-Shootings Per Capita Than Chicago
"Tale of two cities" as three LB Council districts had no shootings w/in period
By the Numbers: 41 Shootings (Hit + No-Hit) Within 60 Days, Over Half In 1st And 6th Council Districts



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