(Oct. 26, 2020, 4:35 a.m.) -- At midafternoon Sunday Oct. 25, Councilman Daryl Supernw's 4th Council district had its third shooting crime scene (incl. a homicide) since June 1 (fourth if one counts a homicide on the 2ne/4th dist. border.) This time it was in the area of 11th St/Coronado Ave. about two blocks south of Anaheim St. and one block west of Redondo Ave.
LBPD Watch Commander Lt Eric Fernandez tells LBREPORT.com that at about 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 25, officers responded to a person-hit shooting in the 1000 of Obispo Ave. but sussequently learned the shooting occurred in the area of 11th ST/Coronado Ave. ,
LBFD transported the victim to a hospital with a gunshot wound described as "non-life-threatening." Lt. Fernandez says "the victim was uncooperative and refused to provide suspect information." LBPD gang units responded and the investigation is ongoing.
On April 30, 2019, at a meeting of the Council's "Public Safety Committee," Supernaw publicly stated that the community shouldn't continuing bringing up the issue of the Council's failure to restore funding to LBPD's former field anti-gang unit (20 officers + 2 sergeants.)
Supernaw offered the following reasoning: Each LBPD Divisions (North, South, East. West) has a Directed Enforcement Team and they can peform the same "function" as the former field anti-gang unit. [LBREPORT.com comment: When a Division's Direct Enforcement Team is handling a gang isssue, it can't address other issues. Bottom line: Despite voters approving Measure A in 2016, which broght City Hall (prior to COVID-19) 60+ million annually, LB taxpayers no longer have officers they previously had, a Council decision.]
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