Man Is Shot -- And Killed -- 400 block W. 5th St. (Area Chestnut Ave.), Four Blocks Due North of City Hall
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(Sept. 8, 2015, 5:55 p.m.) -- In a release, LBPD says the motive for the shooting is unknown.
(Sept. 8, 2015, 6:30 a.m.) -- A man was shot -- and killed -- in the 400 block of W. 5th St. (area Chestnut Ave.) last night (Labor Day Monday Sept. 7.)
It was LB's second shooting on Labor Day (an earlier non-fatal shooting was in NW North Long Beach) and is the eighth shooting (hit and no hit) in the 1st and 6th Council districts within the past three weeks, which includes a 1st district homicide.
LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. Mark Coble tells LBREPORT.com that at about 9:51 p.m. (Sept. 7), officers responded to reported gunfire in the 400 block of W. 5th St., found a man (adult) who'd been shot, who was transported by LBFD to a hospital in critical condition...and expired at the hospital.
As of predawn Sept. 8, there were no suspects in custody...and no indication in the 1 a.m. hour that the shooting was gang related although the circumstances were under investigation.
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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= 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.
The latest crime scene is roughly four blocks due north of Long Beach City Hall and a quarter mile due west of downtown Long Beach's "CityPlace" shopping area. On Sept. 2, 1st dist. Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez was present alongside the area's immediate past 1st district Council representative/now Mayor Robert Garcia as the shopping area owner announced ambitious, privately funded plans to "repurpose, reposition and rename" the shopping area. (LBREPORT.com Editorial at this link.)
About an hour after last night's Sept. 7 homicide, LBPD responded a few blocks north to the area of 11th St./Daisy Ave...where someone carrying a gun suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound when the weapon he was carrying accidentally discharged.
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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. (and by midafternoon, LBPD announced the arrest of a suspect on booking charges of attempted murder.)
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.) 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.
On Aug. 23, a man was shot and killed in the area of PCH/Pine Ave. (border of 1st and 6th districts.)
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Later today (Sept. 8), the City Council is scheduled to meet to consider the City's FY16 budget. During an Aug. 18 budget hearing on the proposed LBPD budget, no Council members made any motions, or indicated any willingness to restore all of part of LBPD's former field anti-gang unit (cut in half in FY13, erased in FY14 and FY15 budgets), or any of roughly 200 officers erased in Mayor recommended/Council enacted budgets since 2009.
LBPD's former field anti-gang unit previously deployed 20 officers + 2 sergeants in gang impacted neighborhoods, where officers could observe conditions firsthand, work contacts and gather intelligence. LBPD still has a budgeted anti-gang unit (handling investigations, filing cases and the like) but not an anti-gang unit operating in the field as previously. (Related LBREPORT.com Editorial at this link.)
