LBPD Public Information Officer Benjamin Hearst tells LBREPORT.com:that at about 2:45 a.m. March 3, officers were sent to a shots call in the 3700 block of E. Stearns St. (border of 4th and 5th Council districts) where arriving officers "observed a suspect vehicle fleeing the scene and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle failed to yield, and a pursuit ensued. The suspect vehicle drove through a fence and onto the Long Beach Airport tarmac where the vehicle became disabled and [the suspect] was taken into custody without incident."

PIO Hearst says officers found evidence of a shooting (casing) in the area of the original dispatch [3700 block Stearns St.] and arrested Mokey Mose, 37, of Murrieta, booked on suspicion of felony evading and traspassing [additional evidence re the shooting is under investigation]. LBPD says a motive for the shooting presently unknown and it's unknown if it was gang related.

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.

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