(Oct. 30, 2009, initial report) -- Three juveniles were shot outside ELB's Wilson High following its football game with Poly High on Friday night (Oct. 30).
LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Dina Zapalski tells LBReport.com the three were shot at 10th and Ximeno at about 10 p.m. as the football game ended.
One juvenile was hospitalized in critical condition, two were hospitalized with non-life threatening wounds.
Following the shooting, groups of students were visible along Ximeno and Park Aves. talking mainly in hushed tones and texting and on cell phones. Virtually everyone we asked knew there had been a shooting with multiple victims (most said two people had been shot).
Officers interviewed young people who witnessed the events...while worried adults arrived to pick them up.
We saw a father escorting his daughter home at brisk walking speed; she was quietly composed; he was tight-lipped with visible displeasure.
Cars arrived with worried adults. "My nephew was here when someone was shot. Where is he?" a woman asked a school safety officer. "He's probably inside being interviewed," he replied...as the woman shook her head and parked and waited.
LBReport.com flashed word of the shooting on our front page (www.lbreport.com) within minutes. No suspect information as yet. Further as we learn it.
Meanwhile, and also earlier flashed on our front page (www.lbreport.com): there was SWAT activity area in the area of 4th/Bonito at around 9:30 p.m.
Sgt. Zapalski says a suspect wouldn't come out of a car. The SWAT team responded. Shots were fired. The suspect is in custody. No word about injuries yet.
Further as we learn it. Stay with LBReport.com...where you don't miss a thing.
3:15 a.m. update
(Oct. 30, 2009, updated Oct. 31, at 3:15 a.m.) -- A 16 year old girl is dead, and two young adult males are wounded, following a Friday night football game at Wilson High School.
LBPD says in a release that at about 9:30 p.m. the game had just ended when "a group of several hundred subjects were congregating in the area of Ximeno Avenue and 10th Street. At approximately 10:00 p.m., Long Beach Police Officers responded to a shooting that just occurred in the area of 10th Street and Ximeno Avenue." The release continues:
When officers arrived they found that three victims had been shot. An 18-year-old male and a 20-year-old male sustained non-life threatening injuries, and a 16-year-old female suffered life threatening injuries. All three victims were transported to the hospital where the female victim succumbed to her injuries. The female victim's identity is being withheld at this time.
Following the shooting, LBReport.com saw groups of students along Ximeno and Park Aves. conversing in hushed tones, some quietly texting or talking on cell phones. Everyone we asked knew there had been a shooting with multiple victims.
Officers interviewed young people while adults arrived to pick them up. We saw a father escorting his daughter home at brisk walking speed; she was quietly composed; he was tight-lipped, jaw set with visible displeasure.
Cars arrived with worried adults. "My nephew was here when someone was shot. Where is he?" a woman asked a school safety officer. "He's probably inside being interviewed," he replied...as the woman shook her head and parked and waited.
Is there any relevance to the fact that Poly High (a crosstown arch rival) was the football game competitor?
"No, not at this time," says LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Dina Zapalski.
LBReport.com flashed word of the shooting on our front page (www.lbreport.com) within minutes. Police have released no suspect information as yet of predawn (Oct 31).
LBPD says its investigation is ongoing and Detectives ask anyone who was in the area of Ximeno Avenue and 10th Street after the game and took photos or video that could assist in the investigation or has any information regarding this incident to contact LBPD Homicide Detectives Scott Lasch and Malcolm Evans at (562) 570-7244.
