Tale of Two Cities / Violent Crime Impacting Inequity: 9 Shooting Crime Scenes In Just Over Three Weeks, 8 Of Them In 1st Or 6th Council Districts

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(April 18, 2020, 11:20 p.m.) -- In a little over three weeks (22 days), LB had 9 shooting crime scenes, and 8 of 9 of them were in LB's 1st and 6th Council districts. (One ahooring was in the northern part of the 8th Council district )(Austin.)

Persons were hit/wounded at three shooting crime scenes; LBPD found evidence of shootings (casings) with no persons hit at six other locations. .

March 27, 1400 block of Alamitos Ave. (one block north of Anaheim St.) 8:50 p.m. man is shot/wounded in drive-by shooting. (6th dist.)

March 27: 2200 block Linden Ave. (a block west of Atlantic Ave.) Approx 11:00 p.m., evidence of shooting, no victims located. (6th dist.)

March 29, 1900 block Cedar Ave., about 9:50 p.m., 16 year old male victim is wounded sitting in front of a residence when two males approached on bicycles and one fired gunshots at the victim. Rounds also hit an occupied residence but no one inside was hit. Victim and suspects not known to each other, incident investigated as a gang shooting...(6th dist.)

April 1: 800 block New York St. about 12:20 a.m., evidence of a shooting, no persons hit, incident believed gang related. (6th dist.)

April 4, 5700 block Orizaba Ave., about 9:15 p.m., casings found, no persons hit. (8th dist.)

April 5, 1600 block W. 19th St.,about 2 a.m., casings found and a vehicle hit by gunfire, no persons hit, shooting believed gang related.

April 6, 800 block Elm Ave., about 8:40 p.m. evidence of a shooting, no persons hit.(1st dist.)

April 15, 1700 block Pine Ave., about 9:40 p.m., evidence of a shooting, no persons hit. (1st dist.)

April 17, 9th/Chestnut, one man (possibly two) hit by gunfire and several vehicles hit.(1st dist.)

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The maps below show cumulated fatal, non-fatal and no-person hit shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2018 to date.

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; Blue * asterisk=victim hit, police unable to locate crime scene. Map is unofficial.

(5700 block Orizaba Ave, no-person-hit shooting not indicated on map above.)

For context, the second map shows shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2017.

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As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, the 6th district also had a person-hit shooting on March 25 (1800 block of Pine Ave.) The three 6th district person-hit shootings at the end of March amount to a level of person-hit shootings for the 6th district nearly the same per capita as Chicago.

Chicago's population is roughly 2.7 million. LB's 6th Council districts population is roughly 50,000 (meaning Chicago's population is roughly 54 times the size of LB's 6th Council district : 50,000 x 54 = 2.7 million.)

In March 2020, LB's 6th district had 3 persons shot/wounded. 3 x 54 = 162, nearly the same per capita as Chicago with 165 persons shot/wounded. [Chicago data source: www.HeyJackass,com) .

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All three Council districts have incumbents endorsed by the Long Beach Police Officers Association Political Action Committee and Mayor Robert Garcia. Councilwoman Zendejas (1st dist.) was elected in November 2019; Vice Mayor Andrews (6th dist,.) and Councilman Austin (8th dist.) face November 2020 runoffs.

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