Four Shot/Wounded (One Adult, Three Juveniles) In NLB Shooting (9th Dist, NE of Orange/South), LBPD Investigating As Gang-Related

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(November 3, 2018, 9:40 a.m.) -- Four people -- one adult and three juveniles -- were shot/wounded last night (Nov. 2) in the neighborhood northeast of Orange Ave./South St. (9th Dist., just north of 8th dist. line) LBPD is investigating what took place as gang related.

In preliminary information, LBPD Public Information Officer Arantxa Chavarria tells LBREPORT.com that at about 10:07 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 5800 block of Brayton Ave, found a man (adult) and three male juveniles hit whom LBFD transported to hospitals with wounds described as "non-life-threatening."

There's no suspect description for now. Detectives from LBPD's Gang Detail are investigating what took place as gang-related.

It's the third time gunfire has provably occurred in 9th Council district neighborhoods in the past week .

On Oct 29, gunfire damaged vehicles with no person(s) hit in NE NLB just south of the 91 freeway between Paramount and Downey Aves.
On Oct. 26, police found evidence of gunfire with no person(s) hit in the 6100 block of Linden Ave., an area slated to become the western side of a new retail center fronting Atlantic Ave. south of Harding St.

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. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in Central LB

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

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