LBPD Statement On Violent Events At Pike Comm'l Area (Incl. Shooting/No Person Hit)

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LBPD Statement On Violent Events At Pike Comm'l Area (Incl. Shooting/No Person Hit).

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(Sept. 20, 2020, 8:58 a.m.) -- LBPD has provided the statement below regarding violent events that took place on Saturday Sept. 19 at LB's "Pike" commercial center.

[LBPD text] On Saturday, September 19, LBPD Officers received information of a large group gathering in the Pike area. Police resources were immediately directed to disperse the large group.
While on scene, at approximately 5:00 PM, an officer observed a large fight taking place outside of a business in the area of Bay Street and Aquarium Way.
Upon officers’ arrival, the large group began to scatter.
During the investigation, officers learned that a suspect had pistol whipped a victim. The suspect and the victim had fled the scene prior to the officers arrival.
Officers later made contact with a juvenile victim who self-admitted to an out of city hospital for a non-life threatening injury consistent with blunt force trauma.
The suspect in the assault was described as a male Black, wearing a black shirt and a gold colored chain around his neck.
During the on-going investigation, officers heard what they believed to be gunshots being fired east of their location.
Officers responded to the area and located evidence of a shooting in the area of Pine Ave and E. Shoreline Drive.
Officer located several bullet casings. No victims have been located and the incident is being investigated as a no hit-shooting.
The suspect in the shooting incident was described as a male Black, wearing bleached jeans, a black shirt and a gold colored chain around his neck.
At this time it is unknown if both incidents are related.
The investigation is on-going
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By way of context, a publicly visible Sept. 18 Facebook dispatch from John Sangmeister indicates that Pike Outlets management informed tenants that a "National Day of Protest event" was scheduled for Los Angeles on September 19 "and there is a possibility that activity from this event may carry over to the Long Beach area and potentially The Pike Outlets. Pike Security as well the Long Beach Police Department are aware and will have an increased presence..."

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Also by way of context, on August 9, 2020 gunfire flew and a male juvenile was shot/wounded in the midnight hour in the "Pike" commercial area.

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And the Pike commercial area was an initial gathering place for a May 31, 2020 crowd that began looting which ultimately spread through much of LB.

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LBREPORT.com is unaware [we'll stand corrected if present evidence of the contrary] of any downtown LB business operator or business group that publicly objected in City Council testimony, verbal or written, to the Sept. 8 Council vote (9-0) adopting a FY 21 City Hall budget recommended by Mayor Robert Garcia that defunded 48 more police officers on top of 180+ officers erased in a 2009-2015 defunding. Among officers erased in the previous defunding (and not restored despite $60+ million annually from the 2016 Measure A sales tax increase) was LBPD's former field anti-gang unit (20 officers + 2 sergeants.).The net result has left Long Beach taxpaying residents and businesses with a significantly thinner per capita police level than surrounding cities provide.

Note: After LB's Mayor/Council Sept. 8, 2020 Council defunding, LB's ratio has fallen to roughly 1.5 sworn officers per thousand residents.

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