Dec. 4 Midmorning NLB Gunfire, Man Is Shot/Wounded 6000 Block Atlantic Ave. (Roughly Two Blocks North of Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library)

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(Dec. 4, 2018, 12:08 p.m.) -- A man (adult) was shot/wounded at midmorning today (Dec. 4) along busy Atlantic Ave. in North Long Beach, roughly two blocks north of Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library (9th Council district.)

Initial information via LBPD PIO Jason Lehman indicates officers responded to the 6000 block of Atlantic Ave. at about 9:00 a.m. and found a man (adult) wounded by gunfire. LBFD transported him to a hospital with what are considered non-life-threatening wounds. There's no suspect(s) description immediately available and the motive is under investigation.

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. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in Central LB.

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

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Since Aug. 1, residents and businesses in Councilman Richardson's 9th district have experienced the third highest number of shootings (11 to date) in the city (noting that one crime scene had four victims.) LB's 1st and 6th districts have had 12 shootings each since Aug. 1. LBREPORT.com maintains a continually updated chart of shootings and homicides in the city, listed by Council district, on our front page: www.LBREPORT.com (right column, near top.)

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