LBPD Watch Commander Lt. Byron Blair tells LBREPORT.com that at about 1:27 a.m. on June 2 officers responded to calls of shots-fired in the 1700 block of Locust Ave., found evidence of a shooting with strike marks to vehicles but no injuries reported to persons. The suspect(s) is outstanding; LBPD Gang Detectives responded and a motive is currently unknown.

It happened one day after a shooting about a block away south of PCH and east of LB Blvd. near Linden Ave. that left a man wounded (1st Council district/Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez) (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

Those two shooting crime scenes follow a Sunday May 12 (Mother's Day) "no person hit" shooting likewise south of PCH and a few blocks east of Atlantic Ave. (6th dist., Vice Mayor Dee Andrews) (LBREPORT.com coverage here) and a May 30 fatal shooting north of PCH in the 2300 block of Elm Ave. in the Wrigley district (6th dist., Vice Mayor Andrews) (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

The Wrigley homicide came less than an hour before a no-person-hit shooting in NLB (area South St./Paramount, border 8th/9th districts, Austin/Richardson, LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

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.

[Scroll down for further.]

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

In a May 31, 2019 social network dispatch, LBPD stated (regarding the 1700 Linden shooting):

[Facebook text] While this incident occurred in the area near a local school, there is no indication of a nexus. LBPD is determined to protect the safety and wellbeing of our local community, and in effort to ensure this safety, LBPD will continue increased patrols in the surrounding aras before, during and after school, and will have additional officers repsonding to calls for service.

We urge anyone with information regarding this incident to contact LBPD Gang Detectives at (562) 570-7370

As a reminder, posting a video of status update on social networks should not be a substitute for reporting an incident to the police. If an incident is not reported, our department cannot investigate the incident to create a safe environment for our community.

In other recent LB shootings (person-hit shootings plus "no-person-hit" shootings):

• May 7: Man shot/wounded at Market St./Pine Ave. (8th district, LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 10: no-person-hit shooting, 1000 block of Minerva Park (2nd dist., LBREPORT.com coverage here)

• May 10: Man shot/wounded inside a business in the 4900 block of LB Blvd. (8th dist., LBREPORT.com coverage here)

• May 11, no-person-hit shooting in the 800 block Daisy Ave. (rounds hit unoccupied vehicle and building, LBREPORT.com coverage here).

• May 11, man shot/wounded in 900 block of Daisy Ave. (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 11: Triple-victim shooting on Andy St. (LBREPORT.com coverage here)

• May 11: Person shot/wounded in the 200 block of E. Artesia Blvd. (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 12: 600 block E. Esther (Poly High Area), casings found, no person(s) hit; LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 12: Shots fired at bicycle rider, 4900 block LB Blvd. (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 14: Shots fired at two men in parked vehicle, 3000 block Santa Fe (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 18: Six People Shot (Woman Dies + 5 Adults Wounded), 1500 block W. PCH (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 20: LB Has TWELFTH Shooting Crime Scene Within Two Weeks: Someone Shoots At Woman Driving On MLK Ave. Near 11th St. (6th dist.) (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 22: LB Has THIRTEENTH Shooting Crime Scene Within 15 Days: Man Struck By Gunfire Walking In Hellman Neighborhood, 800 block Cerritos Ave. (1st dist.) (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

• May 27: LB Has FOURTEENTH Shooting Crime Scene In 20 Days: Man Is Shot/Wounded Mon Nite Near Front Door Of Addams Elementary School (200 block E. Plymouth St., 8th Dist., (coverage here)
• May 30: LB Has FIFTEENTH Shooting Crime Scene Since May 7, Central LB Shooting (2300 Elm b/w LB Blvd./Atlantic, 6th dist.) Is Fatal, Leaves Man Dead, Coverage here

• May 30: LB has SIXTEENTH shooting Crime Scene Since May 7: NLB Shooting Misses Hitting Person Driving Area South St./Paramount Blvd. (border 8th/9th dists., coverage here)
• May 31: LB has SEVENTEENTH shooting Crime Scene Since May 7: LB Has SEVENTEENTH Shooting Crime Scene In 24 Days: Man Is Shot At Midday, 400 block E. 17th (Near Linden b/w Atlantic/LB Blvd., 1st Council Dist.)coverage here)

Sponsor

Sponsor

As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, following recommendations by then-Mayor Bob Foster, the LB City Council (which included then-Councilman Robert Garcia) erased over a period of years starting in 2009 (entering FY10) 208 budgeted citywide deployable police officers (over 20% of LB's citywide deployable level) including the elimination of LBPD's field anti-gang unit.

Under Mayor Garcia, despite LB voter approval of a June 2016 sales tax increase ("Measure A") now bringing City Hall over $50 million more annually, LB's current City Council has restored only 22 of the budget-erased officers, leaving LB without 186 officers (including a field anti-gang unit) that it previously had but no longer has. (LBRPEORT.com special coverage, here.)

Sponsor

For a continually updated chart showing LB shootings/homicides by Council district click here. To see details on LB's police and firefighter levels for taxpayers, click here.

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.