| (Aug. 6, 2021, 4:10 a.m., updated 10:05 a.m.) -- Initial information is sketchy but LBPD confirms that a man was shot to death minutes before midnight Aug. 5 on the jetty near the 700 block of E. Shoreline Dr. The area is a bit southward of the Villa Riviera and within steps of the entry to Alamitos Beach.
LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. Brandon Deis says that on Aug. 5 at roughly 11:56 p.m. officers responded to a shooting on the jetty near the 700 block of E. Shoreline Dr. Both LBPD and LBFD performed life saving measures but the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene,.There's no immediate suspect information in the overnight hours. LBREPORT.com will update this story with further as confirmed. [UPDATE: In a midmorning (Aug. 6) release titled "Murder Investigation," LBPD adds: ...The victim has been identified as a 43-year-old male Long Beach resident experiencing homelessness. His identity is being withheld pending notification to the next of kin. [End UPDATE] The latest LB shooting comes within 24 hours of a double-fatal shooting near the corner of Anaheim St./Pine Ave. (CD1/Zendejas) and just days after what organizers called a "National Night Out" against crime (mainly block parties and meet/greets with officers that didn't address LB's lack of roughly 230 officers that the City previously provided but no longer does.) On July 19, 2021, the City Council -- which sets LB police levels by its budget actions -- voted (8-0, Austin absent) to approve a Mayor/Management labeled "Safety Recovery Plan" tied in part to a Mayor/management proposed FY22 budget. The plan, sought by the Council following multiple shootings, doesn't restore any of the roughly 230 erased officers, leaving Long Beach without its former LBPD field anti-gang unit and with a thinner per capita officer level than Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Signal Hill. (Chart shows LB police level before Sept. 2020 defunding of 48 additional officers.)
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