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Two Additional Teenage Suspects Arrested in Fatal Long Beach Shooting

Two additional teenage suspects have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in Long Beach in January, police said on July 12. Long Beach Police Department Special Investigations Division detectives located two 16-year-old boys suspected of fatally shooting Khalil Saleem at two separate locations on July 11, according to the…


2 Charged in Long Beach Shooting That Killed 12-Year-Old Boy

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 21 for a man and a woman charged with murder in connection with a drive-by shooting in Long Beach that killed a 12-year-old boy and injured a 14-year-old girl. Reshawn Jonae Strother, 20, of Cypress, is charged with one count of murder, three counts of attempted murder, one…


2 Arrested in Long Beach Shooting That Killed 12-Year-Old Boy

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Two people were behind bars July 7 in connection with a May 9 drive-by shooting in Long Beach that left a 12-year-old boy dead and injured a 14-year-old girl. Reshawn Strother, 20, of Cypress, was already in custody in an unrelated attempted murder case but booked on suspicion of murder for the Long…


Boy, 14, Hit With Stray Bullet in Long Beach

A 14-year-old boy was shot when a stray round went through a window frame at his Long Beach home on July 2, authorities said. Officers were dispatched at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday to the 1500 block of West Burnett Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Police said an unknown suspect fired shots outside…


Suspected Drunk Gunman Arrested in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 47-year-old man was arrested for allegedly flashing a handgun to a woman at a Long Beach restaurant June 25 morning, then later firing the weapon while under the influence of alcohol, authorities said. A woman was sitting at the bar of a restaurant in the 6300 block of East Pacific Coast Highway…


3rd Suspect Arrested in Connection With Long Beach Metro Stabbing

The third and final suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old man on a Metro A Blue Line train in Long Beach was behind bars on June 20. Gael Cruz-Gonzalez, 21, was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport, where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents stopped him as he was attempting to fly…


Man Arrested in Fatal Long Beach Crash Allegedly Caused by SUV Doing ‘Donuts’

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 20-year-old Carson man turned himself in to police and was arrested for allegedly causing a fatal crash while driving his SUV in circles at a Long Beach intersection, authorities said June 18. The crash occurred at 10:57 p.m. Friday at Willow Street and Caspian Avenue, west of the Los Angeles River, according…


2 Stabbed in Long Beach, Suspect Shot by Police

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 31-year-old man who authorities said is homeless and suspected of assaulting multiple people in Long Beach and stabbing two others was shot by Long Beach Police Department officers but is expected to survive, police said Wednesday. The shooting occurred shortly before noon Tuesday near Second Street and Quincy Avenue, according to the…


Safety Protocols to Be Reviewed Following Attack of Woman on Metro Train

LOS ANGLES—Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn May 22 called for “a full accounting” of security protocols in the aftermath of a recent attack on a woman on a Metro A Line train in Long Beach by two suspects who are being sought. “We have multi-million-dollar law enforcement contracts, Metro security, and 300 Metro Ambassadors…


One Dead, 2 Injured as BMW Overturns in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—An 18-year-old passenger was killed and paramedics rushed two people to a hospital May 13 after a BMW being driven the wrong way by an 18-year-old motorist overturned on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Long Beach, authorities said. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 2:29 a.m. Saturday to the area of PCH and…