A 38-year-old man was shot and wounded on Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach earlier this month, and police say they've now arrested a 19-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman in connection with the attack after tracking them down through security camera footage. Both suspects were taken into custody Monday during a SWAT-backed search warrant just blocks from where the shooting happened.
According to MyNewsLA.com, Long Beach police officers responded to reports of shots fired around 1:45 p.m. on Sept. 20 in the 200 block of Pine Avenue. Investigators say the shooting followed a dispute between the victim and a male suspect, who produced a firearm and shot the victim. The man suffered a non-life-threatening upper-body injury and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
LBPD Gang-Detail detectives identified both the male suspect and a female suspect accused of aiding his escape, relying on security camera footage from the scene, the outlet reports. On Monday, detectives and SWAT personnel executed a search warrant in the 700 block of Pine Avenue and arrested both suspects there.
Who Was Arrested and What They're Facing
The male suspect, identified as Jahvanni Jaquawn Jordan, is a Long Beach resident booked on suspicion of attempted murder. The female suspect, Rakyia Janiece Harris, also a Long Beach resident, was booked on suspicion of accessory after the fact. Both were held on $1 million bail, per the same report.
Jordan's charge carries significant weight under California law. A conviction for attempted second-degree murder under Penal Code Section 664/187 carries a state prison sentence of 5, 7, or 9 years, while attempted willful and premeditated murder can bring a potential life sentence with the possibility of parole, according to the Law Office of Gregory H. Comings. Harris's accessory after the fact charge is treated differently under the law: Penal Code Section 32 defines it as a “wobbler” offense that prosecutors can pursue as either a misdemeanor carrying up to one year in county jail or a felony punishable by up to three years in state prison, per Eisner Gorin LLP.
A Corridor With a History of Gunfire
This isn't the first time gunfire has struck this stretch of Pine Avenue. On March 1, 2026, a fatal shooting broke out near a street party for a restaurant grand opening in the same 200 block, leaving one person dead and two others wounded amid a scene of panicked crowds, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles. Just over a month before that, Hoodline reported that an assault occurred on the same block during a night of multi-incident Halloween violence in 2024 that required extensive police responses across the city.
Police also investigated a separate, non-injury shooting along the Pine Avenue corridor in August, when officers responded to the 1200 block after reports of gunfire and recovered shell casings but found no victims, MyNewsLA.com reported separately. Hoodline's own coverage in August examined a similar dynamic play out on Long Beach Boulevard, noting that central commercial corridors frequently present investigative challenges when suspects flee before officers arrive.
How Investigators Closed the Case So Fast
The rapid turnaround between the Sept. 20 shooting and Monday's arrests points to LBPD's investigative infrastructure. The department relies on a High Crime Focus Team, established in 2024, that meets daily to analyze intelligence and deploy targeted units like the Gang Detail based on historical crime patterns, according to the Long Beach Post. That structure helps explain how detectives moved from surveillance footage to a SWAT-backed search warrant within about a week.
The arrests come as city officials tout a broader decline in gun violence. Official crime data released in April showed shootings in Long Beach dropped 35.6% and homicides fell 23.4% in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to the City of Long Beach. During the first half of 2025, the city recorded 133 shootings, a five-year low for that period, while LBPD officers seized 585 illegal firearms, an increase of 119 weapons over the same stretch in 2024, per the Long Beach Post's earlier reporting.
That enforcement push is backed by substantial resources. LBPD's operating budget was set at more than $383 million for the current fiscal year, funded in part by nearly $27 million in Measure A sales tax revenue dedicated to public safety operations, according to the Signal Tribune. Still, the shooting on Pine Avenue underscores how pockets of the city's busiest entertainment corridors continue to see flashes of violence even as citywide numbers trend downward.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact LBPD detectives at 562-570-7370. Anonymous tipsters can also contact Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submit information through lacrimestoppers.org.
