Man Is Shot/Wounded, Downtown LB. Area 3rd St./Pine Ave., 2 a.m. Attempted Robbery

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Man Is Shot/Wounded, Downtown LB, Area 3rd St./Pine Ave., 2 a.m. Attempted Robbery

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(Oct. 11, 2018, 3:55 p.m.) -- A man (adult) was shot/wounded in downtown Long Beach -- the area of 3rd St./Pine Ave. -- in a 2 a.m. hour attempted robbery today (Oct. 11.) The victim fled, but one of the attempted robbers shot him anyway.

LBPD Public Information Officer Benjamin Hearst says that at about 2:04 a.m., an officer was flagged down in the 100 block of W. 3rd St. [near Pine Ave.] and officers located a man (adult) who'd been shot.

LBPD's preliminary investigation indicates two men (adults) approached the victim; they demanded his property; the victim fled; and as he fled one of the suspects pointed a gun at the victim and shot him.

The suspects were gone before officers arrived but were described as two male Black adults.

The victim was transported to a hospital with what's described as a "non-life-threatening" injury.

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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 NLB

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

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