In a release, LBPD states that Sept. 8 at about 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Rhea St., found the victim on the sidewalk in front of a residence, where he was struck by gunfire...and LBFD pronounced him deceased at the scene.

The victim's name is withheld by the Corner pending notification of next of kin. LBPD says a motive for the shooting, and whether the shooting is gang related, is currently unknown and under investigation.

As separately reported by LBREPORT.com, a man was shot/wounded at about 11 p.m. Sept. 7 in the 1400 block of Rose Ave. (6th dist., north of PCH, west of Cherry Ave.)

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Jan 1, 2018 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= 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) shows shootings in NLB

For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017:

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