Man shot while walking in North Long Beach, police say
The man told officers that he was walking in the 4900 block of Long Beach Boulevard when he was shot multiple times.
Police say they’re investigating a shooting in North Long Beach that left a man injured Sunday afternoon.
Officers were called to a local hospital just before 7 p.m. after a man arrived with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
At the hospital, the man told officers that he was walking in the 4900 block of Long Beach Boulevard, when he was shot in the upper and lower body, police said.
The man then took himself to the hospital, they added.
The officers searched the area where the man said he was shot, but they did not locate a crime scene, police said.
It’s not clear whether the man was the intended target or if he was hit by stray bullets, according to the LBPD.
Police are still searching for a motive and looking to identify possible suspects, police said.
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