Last night, in a string of incidents that underscore the prevalence of firearms in domestic situations, Long Beach Police Department officers retrieved five guns from the city's streets – all without a single shot being fired.
It began with a routine traffic stop just before the witching hour on Long Beach Boulevard. Here, an individual's night took an unexpected turn when the police uncovered a concealed firearm in the vehicle. The suspect was arrested, and this case, like the others from that night, remains under investigation, as reported by the LBPD's official news release.
Earlier, at 11:43 p.m. on the eve of Valentine's Day, officers answered a call of domestic violence on Ximeno Avenue. The outcome: three more firearms were seized, and another suspect was taken into custody, as per th LBPD.
The evening's accounts started on Roxanne Way, where yet another domestic violence report led to a firearm's removal from potential harm's way, with the related suspect turning themselves into the embrace of the law at the Public Safety Building. The details of these cases are still unfolding, one safety catch at a time, and serve as a living document of the city's ongoing struggle against gun violence.
