| (Aug. 10, 2021, 12:15 p.m.) -- LBPD confirms that in the midnight hour Aug. 9, someone fired shots into an inhabited building in the 1000 block of Pine Ave. ..and LBPD has a suspect in custody. The crime scene in the Willmore City Historic District is roughly three blocks south of an August 6 double fatal shooting. The area is in Councilman Mary Zendejas' First Council district (which leads all other LB Council districts in shootings (fatal + woundings + casings found) since Jan. 1, 2021.
LBPD Public Information Officer Brandon Fahey says that at roughly 12:22 a.m. officers responded to a shots call determined to be a shooting into an inhabited building. The reporting party indicated he was sitting in his vehicle when he heard shots nearby and observed a man (adult) holding a firearm walking near the area. While on scene, officers located a man walking in the area and matching the reporting party's description and arrested him. Officers seized a load firearm at the scene, and located evidence, including casings and strike marks, indicating a shooting had occurred. The arrested suspect is a 20 year old LB resident booked on suspicion of shooting into an inhabited dwelling and discharging a firearm in a negligent manner. Bail was set at $250,000. There's no motive immediately known for the shooting; LBPD's investigation continues. Roughly twelve hours later in the noon hour, gunfire struck two unoccupied parked cars in the 100 block of E. Arbor St. near LB Blvd. (a bit north of the western end of Scherer Park. (LBREPORT.com coverage here.) On July 30 a male juvenile was shot/wounded inside Scherer Park near its dog park. Those areas are in Councilman Al Austin's 8th Council district. As separately reported in a Perspective piece by LBREPORT.com, later today the Long Beach City Council will discuss the management/Mayor proposed FY 22 LBPD budget that, unless amended by a Council majority, won't restore any of roughly 230 budget-erased officers (including 48 defunded last year) for taxpayers. + |      |
