Two Women Say A Man Known To One Of Them Shot At Them As They Walked In The Area of Magnolia/8th St....And LBPD Believes Both Women Were Also The Victims Of An Earlier >No-Person-Hit Shooting In An Alley Near Daisy Ave./3rd St.
If LBREPORT.com didn't tell you, who would?
No one in LBREPORT.com's ownership, reporting or editorial decision-making has ties to development interests, advocacy groups or other special interests; or is seeking or receiving benefits of City development-related decisions; or holds a City Hall appointive position; or has contributed sums to political campaigns for Long Beach incumbents or challengers. LBREPORT.com isn't part of an out of town corporate cluster and no one its ownership, editorial or publishing decisionmaking has been part of the governing board of any City government body or other entity on whose policies we report.
LBREPORT.com is reader and advertiser supported. Support independent news in LB similar to the way people support NPR and PBS stations. We're not non-profit so it's not tax deductible but $49.95 (less than an annual dollar a week) helps keep us online.
(December 9, 2019) -- In two downtown LB area shootings that DO appear to be related, two women (adults) -- who weren't struck by the gunfire - say a man (known to at least one of them) opened fire on them at midmorning today (Dec. 9) in the area of Magnolia/8th St. and LBPD says both women were also the victims of an earlier no-person-hit shooting in an alley in the area of 3rd St./Daisy ave. (just west of Magnolia.) .
LBPD Public Information Officer Jennifer De Prez tells LBREPORT.com that at about 10:50 a.m., officers responded to the area of Magnolia Ave./8th St. and spoke with two women who said they were walking in the area when a man (adult) approached them, fired shots toward them, and fled.
"The suspect is known to one of the two women and is outstanding," PIO De Prez says.
While officers were investigating that shooting, they learned of a possible second shooting location in the 300 block of Daisy Ave. (about half a mile south.) Additional officers responded to that location and found bullet casings in an alley in the area of the 300 block of Daisy Ave. PIO De Prez says the Daisy Ave. shooting occurred first, but exactly when it occurred isn't yet clear and is under investigation.
The women "reported being involved in both shooting incidents," says PIO DePrez.
[Scroll down for further.]
PIO DePrez says LBPD gang detail detectives responded to the scene and the investigation is ongoing [BUT LBREPORT.com caveat: it's standard procedure for gang detectives to respond to non-fatal shootings and doesn't necessarily demonstrate gang involvement.
LBBPD PIO DePrez says no person(s) appear to have been struck and a motive for the shootings is currently unknown.
Sponsor
Sponsor
The top map shows shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec, 9 For context, the second map shows shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2017.
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. NLB.shootings are on separate map.
Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor
Support really independent news in Long Beach. No one in LBREPORT.com's ownership, reporting or editorial decision-making has ties to development interests, advocacy groups or other special interests; or is seeking or receiving benefits of City development-related decisions; or holds a City Hall appointive position; or has contributed sums to political campaigns for Long Beach incumbents or challengers. LBREPORT.com isn't part of an out of town corporate cluster and no one its ownership, editorial or publishing decisionmaking has been part of the governing board of any City government body or other entity on whose policies we report. LBREPORT.com is reader and advertiser supported. You can help keep really independent news in LB similar to the way people support NPR and PBS stations. We're not non-profit so it's not tax deductible but $49.95 (less than an annual dollar a week) helps keep us online.
