t Dawn (Sept. 3), Someone Shoots At Man Driving Along 1400 block Gaviota; Shooter Misses Him, Strikes His Vehicle

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At Dawn (Sept. 3), Someone Shoots At Man Driving Along 1400 block Gaviota; Shooter Misses Him, Strikes His Vehicle

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(Sept. 3, 2015, 6:45 a.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that at about dawn today (Sept. 3), someone 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.

LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. Poe Siavii, Jr. tells LBREPORT.com that at about 5:47 a.m., officers responded to the 1400 block of Gaviota Ave. where a man (adult) driving along the street was shot-at by an unknown suspect(s).

The gunfire missed the victim, but struck his vehicle (see map below.)

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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 gunfire follows shots-fired on Sept. 1 in the area of 16th St./Pine Ave. (1st Council district) in which no person was hit, but a parked vehicle was struck. Earlier the same day, a man (adult) was hit by gunfire in the area of 10th St./Olive Ave. at midmorning (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 in the historic Willmore City area (1st Council district.) It's being investigated as possibly gang related.

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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...and a night before that (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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The latest shootings come after Councilmembers held an August 18 hearing on the management/Mayor proposed FY16 police budget in which no Councilmembers made any motions, or indicated any willingnes to restore all of part of LBPD's former field anti-gang unit, or any of roughly 200 officers Mayor recommended/Council enacted budgets have erased 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.