(October 4, 2004) -- LB's NW corner, west of LB Blvd. and south of the 91 freeway, was rocked by a triple shooting on Sunday October 3 in which a 26 year old LB woman dead.
LBPD says that at about 9:40 p.m., the woman was sitting in the driver's seat of a silver Dodge Shadow, facing westbound on West Bort Street when a white SUV approached westbound from Long Beach Boulevard.
Multiple shots were fired from the SUV, striking the woman. She died at the scene.
Two men (both age 23) in the female victim's car were also struck by gunfire. They were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening wounds. One man is a LB resident; the other is from La Puente.
LBPD says this crime is possibly gang related. Anyone with information about what took place is asked to call LBPD Homicide Detectives Brian McMahon or David Rios at (562) 570-7244.