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Now It's A Homicide: Another CD 1 Shooting: Female Adult Is Fatally Shot (Unintended Victim) And Female Juvenile Shot/Wounded Anaheim/Magnolia
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Now It's A Homicide: Another CD 1 Shooting: Female Adult Is Fatally Shot (Unintended Victim) And Female Juvenile Shot/Wounded Anaheim/Magnolia
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(December 5, 2020, significantly updated 11:30 a.m.) -- Now, it's a homicide. A woman (adult) was fatally shot and a female juvenile/unrelated) was shot/wounded, in which gunfire flew ignited by an argument involving two groups of men and woman at a mobile food truck at Anaheim St./Magnolia Ave at early evening Dec. 4.
In a release, LBPD says the murder victim, Alejandra Martinez, 36 of LB, "has no gang affiliation and is believed to be an unintended target of the suspect."
It's the NINTH shooting (persons wounded + killed + casings found/vehicles and buildings hit) in eight days to impact Central LB (CD1/Zendejas and CD 6/Andrews) whose mainly working class residents and businesses continue to experience disproportionately high numbers of shootings.
In a midmorning (Dec. 5) release, LBPD states:
On Dec. 4, 2020, at approximately 11:20 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Magnolia Ave. and Anaheim St. regarding a reported shooting, which resulted in the death of a female adult.
The attention of arriving officers was directed toward a juvenile female and an adult female suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers performed life-saving measures until The Long Beach Fire Department arrived on scene and transported both victims to a local hospital. The adult victim suffered a gunshot wound to her upper torso and succumbed to the injury at the hospital. The juvenile victim sustained gunshot wounds to the upper torso and was later released from the hospital.
The preliminary investigation revealed several people were in a parking lot adjacent to the intersection and purchasing food from a mobile food vendor. The suspect, who also purchased food, verbally confronted a group waiting for their food, which consisted of males, females, adults, and juveniles. The suspect then produced a handgun and fired several rounds toward the group. An unidentified person in the parking lot returned fire from a firearm. The shooting is being investigated as gang related.
The murder victim has been identified as 36-year-old Long Beach resident Alejandra Martinez. Martinez has no gang affiliation and is believed to be an unintended target of the suspect.
The suspect was described by witnesses as a Black male adult in his late twenties who was last seen driving a sedan northbound on Magnolia Avenue.
Due to the recent increase in gang-related shootings and firearm assaults, the Long Beach Police Department will assign additional officers to reduce gun violence through high visibility patrols and enforcement in the areas impacted by these crimes.
Anyone with any information regarding the incident is urged to contact Long Beach Police Department Homicide Detectives Donald Collier or Leticia Gamboa at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted through "LA Crime Stoppers" by calling 800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the "P3 Tips" app to your smartphone (available at the Apple app store or Google Play), or by visitingwww.lacrimestoppers.org.
On Dec. 3, LBPD found evidence of a shooting (including bullet casings) but no persons hit in the 200 block of W. 6th St. (CD 1 just west of Pacific Ave. LBREPORT.com coverage here.
On Dec. 2, a man was shot/wounded on Dec. 2 at Drake Park (CD 1) (area 10th St./Maine Ave. LBREPORT.com coverage here.
On Dec. 1, a man (adult) seated in his vehicle in the 3500 block of Eucalyptus was attacked by two suspects, from whom he intiially fled but subsequently pursued to the area of Magnola/Wardlow (CD7) where he collided with the suspects. one of whom allegedly shot him to death. LBREPORT.com coverage
On Nov. 30, a man (adult) was shot-at while seated in his parked vehicle in the 1800 block of E. 5th St. (CD 2) at about 7:30 p.m. He wasn't injured and no other injuries were reported (LBREPORT.com coverage here.
On Nov. 28 in the 2300 block of Myrtle Avenue, several parked vehicles struck by bullets (CD6) LBREPORT.com coverage here.
Nov. 28: 2200 block of Earl Ave., at midafternoon, multiple residents (CD 6) found their parked vehicles with bullet holes and strike marks. (LBREPORT.com coverage .here.)
Nov. 27: 200 block of E. 29th St. (CD 6 between LB Blvd. and Veterans Park, gunfire struck a building (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)
Nov,. 27: a man was shot/wounded in the area of LB Blvd./19th St. (CD 6) LBREPORT.com coverage here.
Nov. 27: 16th St./Linden Ave. A vehicle carrying four people (including two children) is struck by gunfire (CD1, no persons hit.) (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)
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That gave a $30,000 boost to Zendejas on top of over $100,000 her campaign had collected from various corporate/development interests, their paid lobbyists and organized labor (reported by LBREPORT.com in our Follow the Money coverage here, here, here, here, and here). The net result produced 858 votes for Zendejas (in a multi-candidate race in a district with roughly 50,000 residents), sufficient to install her on the Council.
Zendejas has filed paperwork seeking re-election in 2022.
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We'll update you when new hearing is scheduled. We’re a group of residents opposed to City Hall building the project just north of beach sand in SE LB because of future sea-level rise (the beach site is expected to flood in 30-50 years), the cost ($82 million, from Tidelands Funds) and the fact that there’s already an existing outdoor pool at this site installed 5 years ago when the old Belmont Pool was demolished in 2015. There are places in Long Beach with a greater need for recreation and sports facilities
