LBPD Public Information Officer Shaunna Dandoy tells LBREPORT.com at midmorning Jan, 17 that a preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect initiated a verbal altercation with the adult male victim and allegedly fired shots towards the residence. "The suspect and victim are not known to each other but share a common acquaintance," LBPD PIO Dandoy indicates.

LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. Robert Bernsen told LBREPORT.com that at about 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 16, officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Loma Ave./15th St. where a resident indicated someone fired shots at at a residence. Officers confirmed a crime scene (strike marks and casings), learned no persons were hit and relayed a description of the suspect vehicle to assisting officers in the field.

The assisting officers spotted the suspect vehicle, attempted to make a vehicle stop, but the suspect driver refused to yield and a pursuit followed. It ended when the suspect crashed into another vehicle at LB Blvd./Anaheim St. (a bad wreck but no persons critically injured.) Officers took the suspect into custody and recovered a handgun.

Officers too the suspect, a 19 year old Long Beach man, into custody and booked him on suspicion of attempted murder, felony reckless evading and armed criminal action (and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.) The District Attorney will decide what charges to file and prosecute.

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The maps below show cumulated fatal, non-fatal and no-person hit shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2018 to date.

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.

For context, the second map shows shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2017.

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