(Sept. 13, 2015, 4:35 p.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned of a second shooting on Friday afternoon Sept. 11...making it the third shooting in a little over two days (one of which was fatal.)

LBREPORT.com has learned that the Friday afternoon shooting was in the area of 52nd St./Elm Ave...a little over four miles north of a shooting a few hours earlier in the area of 19th St./Pine Ave.

Word of the shooting came to our attention via social networks and we confirmed it with LBPD today (Sept. 13.)

LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Megan Zabel says that at about 5:05 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of E. 52nd St. [we're told by a third party it was near Elm Ave.) where a man (adult) was standing in front of a residence and was struck by gunfire. [We're told by a third party it was a "drive-by" shooting.]

The victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries in stable condition.

LBPD is ivestigating the crime as possibly gang-related...and gang detectives responded to the scene.

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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 Central LB and north of downtown.

The Friday afternoon shooting in the 8th Council district comes amid multiple shootings (hit and no hit) in the 6th and 1st Council districts plus at least one non-fatal shooting in NW NLB.

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., about four blocks north of City Hall.)

Earlier the same day (Sept. 7), a non-fatal shooting occurred in NW North Long Beach (9th dist.)

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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. (border of 6th/1st districts...and by midafternoon, LBPD announced the arrest of a suspect on booking charges of attempted murder.)

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On Aug. 31, a shooting in the 300 block of E. Eagle St. (east of LB Blvd., south of Burnett St.) left 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.) 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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On Sept. 8, the City Council was scheduled to meet to consider the City's FY16 budget...but without dissent put off General Fund discussion until Sept. 15 (the deadline for Council action on the proposed 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.)

LBPD asks anyone with information about the Sept. 11 shooting to contact LBPD's Gang Investigations Section at (562) 570-7370. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visitingwww.lacrimestoppers.org.