Violence rocked Long Beach with two shootings and a stabbing over a span of less than nine hours, according to officials. The first incident, a shooting where thankfully no one was injured, occurred at around 6:48 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, on the 1600 block of Junipero Avenue. Long Beach Police Department arrived to find evidence of gunfire but no victims; the assailant, described only as a male adult, had already fled the scene, as detailed in a report by the LBPD.
Hours later, the calm was shattered again when a man was shot in the 600 block of Orange Avenue just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. LBPD officers discovered the victim, who had been approached by an unknown vehicle, engaged in an argument and shot while attempting to flee. In another bout of violence, this time at approximately 1:37 a.m., a verbal dispute turned shooting at the 100 block of East Pacific Coast Highway left another man injured. The suspects in both incidents managed to quickly depart, eluding law enforcement.
The third violent act occurred on the 700 block of East 6th Street where, at 3:19 a.m., a woman was stabbed following a brief exchange with a male suspect. She suffered non-life-threatening wounds and was promptly transported to a hospital by the Long Beach Fire Department. The suspect had vanished by the time officers arrived, with the incident appearing to have roots in a personal connection between the parties involved, the LBPD indicated.
All three incidents are under active investigation with motives largely still unclear. Residents of Long Beach have been urged to come forward with any information that could potentially help track down the suspects. Anyone with details concerning these violent occurrences is encouraged to reach out to the Long Beach Police Department as detectives continue piecing together these fragmented narratives of disruption within the community.
