Long Beach Had Two Shootings Within Roughly 12 Hours, 8th/Chestnut (Nov. 11, CD 1/Zendejas) And Anaheim/Alamitos (CD 6/Saro); Police Find Casings And Evidence of Shootings But No Victim(s) Hit

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Long Beach Had Two Shootings Within Roughly 12 Hours, 8th/Chestnut (Nov. 11, CD 1/Zendejas) And Anaheim/Alamitos (CD 6/Saro); Police Find Casings And Evidence of Shootings But No Victim(s) Hit

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(Nov. 11, 2021, 4:15 p.m.) -- Long Beach had two shootings within roughly twelve hours, one in the noon hour today (Nov. 11) less than a mile due north of LB's new Civic Center and another in the midnight hour in the area of Anaheim/Alamitos -- a "drive-by" -- in which a woman says a man fired at her vehicle, striking it.

LBPD Public Information Officer Brandon Fahey tells LBREPORT.com:

At roughly 12:36 p.m. Nov. 11, officers were sent to the area of 8th/Chestnut (CD 1/Zendejas) in LB's Willmore City Historic District regarding a shots call. They found evidence, including casings, showing a shooting had occurred and located a vehicle in the area matching the suspect vehicle description. In the 1 p.m. hour, police had two men (adults) in custody.
Less than a week ago on November 5, a man was shot and wounded a little over a block south of the most recent shooting in area of 7th St./Chestnut Ave. (LBREPORT.com coverage here.
A woman told officers that at roughly 12:20 a.m. on Nov. 10, she was driving near Anaheim/Alamitos (CD 6/Saro) when a male suspect in a black vehicle fired shots toward her, striking her vehicle. Officers found casings and other evidence at the location indicating a shooting had occurred.
CD 1/Zendejas and CD6/Saro have had the two highest total shootings (wounds + fatal + casings found) in the Long Beach since Jan. 1, 2021.
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