(Sept. 15, 2015, 7:55 a.m.) -- The neighborhood just north of Anaheim St. between Cherry and Temple Avenues saw police activity overnight following a shooting in the 2400 block of E. 14th St. Initial information is sketchy. LBPD morning Watch Commander Lt. Dina Zapalski says the shooting occurred at about 1 a.m. and a male victim (no age immediately given) suffered a By our unofficial tally, LB has had at least 15 shootings (hit + no hit) within a little over three weeks (including three murders.) Most of the shootings have been in the 1st and 6th Council districts, some in the 8th and 9th districts...although this morning's shooting is just over the 6th district line in the western part of the 4th district. [Scroll down for further.] |
[LBPD release text] Homicide detectives and an investigator from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office responded and determined the subject suffered injuries from being struck by gunfire. To recap: in addition to Sunday's (Sept. 13) fatal shooting: On Sept. 11, a man was shot/wounded in the area of 52nd St/Elm Ave. (8th dist.) On Sept. 10 in the midnight hour, a man was fatally shot in the 2100 block of Pasadena Ave. (6th Council district); LBPD says in a release at midmorning that the motive for the shooting appears to be gang-related. On the evening of 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.) Earlier on the same day (Sept. 7), a non-fatal shooting occurred in NW North Long Beach (9th dist.) in the area of Butler Ave/Artesia Blvd. [Scroll down for further.]
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.) Scroll down for further
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.) LBPD Public Information Officer Nancy Pratt says that at about 9:10 p.m., officers responded to the location and found a victim hit by gunfire after being fired-on by an unknown suspect. The victim was transported to a hospital, listed in stable condition.BREPORT.com has learned of a shooting Sunday night in the 300 block of E. Eagle St. (east of LB Blvd., south of Burnett St.) in Central LB's 6th Council 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.)
Later today (Sept. 15) at 5 p.m., the City Council is scheduled to adopt the City's FY16 budget, a process during which Councilmembers can make motions to tweak, change or adopt as proposed a budget recommended by Mayor Robert Garcia. The Mayor's recommended budget includes no funding to restore all or 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 the field anti-gang unit it had previously. (Related LBREPORT.com Editorial at this link.) LBREPORT.com plans to carry today's Council budget proceedings LIVE on our front page -- www.LBREPORT.com -- starting at 5 p.m. blog comments powered by Disqus Follow LBReport.com with:
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