1 man fatally shot Saturday night near Long Beach Grand Prix, police say
Another man was wounded in a separate shooting in Central Long Beach, according to police.
Police are investigating two shootings that left one man dead Saturday night and another hospitalized Sunday morning.
Long Beach police officers responded around 5:50 p.m. Saturday to reports of a shooting Downtown on Cedar Walk near Ocean Boulevard, according to police.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. Long Beach Fire personnel took the victim to a local hospital, where he later died of his injuries, according to authorities.
No other injuries were reported, according to media reports.
Police said the victim and a suspect or suspects were arguing, which escalated when a suspect shot the victim. Additional circumstances regarding the shooting are still under investigation, police added.
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin by the Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner, authorities said.
During the Long Beach Grand Prix in 2023, multiple shootings took place near the raceway during the last day, with an LBPD officer shooting and wounding the shooter during the last of them.
Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed the shooting Saturday night or has additional information to contact Homicide Detectives Eric Thai and Chasen Contreras at 562-570-7244.
Then around 12:37 a.m. Sunday morning, LBPD officers responded to the area of Cedar Avenue and Anaheim Street regarding a shots call, police said. After finding evidence of a shooting, the officers learned that a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound had taken himself to a local hospital, according to the LBPD.
Police say that the man was also apparently arguing with three male adult suspects, which escalated when one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot the victim.
That investigation is ongoing, police said.
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