(Sept. 19, 2015, 5:50 a.m.) -- Two people -- a girl (female juvenile) and a man (adult) -- were shot/wounded on Friday night (Sept. 18) in the area of Louise St. and Long Beach Blvd. when a suspect (male, age unclear) on a skateboard opened fire on them...and then fled on his skateboard.

The crime scene is very close to the area where a woman (adult) was shot/wounded a little less than a month ago (Aud. 22) in the area of Louise St./Cedar Ave.

LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. David Faris tells LBREPORT.com that at about 9:54 p.m. on Sept. 18, officers responded to a "shots fired" call in the area of LB Blvd and Louise St. and arrived to find two shooting victims: a female juvenile and a male adult. The shooting took place at the rear of the location when a suspect, described at this point only as a male Hispanic on a skateboard -- rolled up, began firing and fled northbound. LBPD's gang units responded and the location is ongoing.

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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.

[LBREPORT.com has also learned that at about 1:40 a.m. on Sept. 19, police returned to the area in response to a reported stabbing in the area of LB Blvd./Ellis St. LBPD a.m. Watch Commander Jeff Berkenkamp says that at about 1:37 a.m., officers responded and found a 50 year old man on a bus bench who said he woke up and realized he'd been stabbed; there's no suspect information and no idea exactly when it happened.]

By LBREPORT.com's unofficial tally, LB has responded to at least 18 shootings (hit + no hit) within a little less than a month (since Aug. 22), including four murders. Most of the shootings were in the 1st and 6th Council districts.

Just days ago on Sept. 16, a man (adult) was shot and killed -- pronounced dead at the scene -- in the residential neighborhood in the 1200 block of Chestnut Ave. (1st Council district), barely one mile north of Long Beach City Hall, That murder took place just hours after the City Council voted 9-0 to approve a FY16 budget (that Mayor Robert Garcia described as "responsible and balanced") that failed to restore funding to any part of LBPD's former field anti-gang unit and keeps LBPD's officer level for citywide deployment roughly equivalent per capita to L.A. cutting about 30% of LAPD's officers.

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To recap:

On Sept. 17, a suspect shot at a security guard in the area of LB Blvd./20th St. following a dispute; the gunfire missed the guard. (6th dist.)

On Sept. 16, a man (adult) was shot and killed in the 1200 block of Chestnut Ave. (1st Council district.)

On Sept. 15, a man was shot/wounded in the 2400 block of E. 14th St. (in the western part of the 4th dist.)

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 Sept. 7, a non-fatal shooting occurred in NW North Long Beach (9th dist.) in the area of Butler Ave/Artesia Blvd.

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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.) leaves 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., 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.)

On Sept. 15, the Council voted 9-0 to approve a FY16 budget, recommended by Mayor Garcia, which allocates no funding to restore any 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 majority 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.