Police arrest man suspected of fatal Washington neighborhood shooting last month
Police say Edgar Melgar Salazar of Long Beach is responsible for fatally shooting 38-year-old Durrell Shell in the 1400 block of Locust Avenue on Feb. 18.
A 28-year-old Long Beach resident has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man in the Washington neighborhood last month, according to police.
Long Beach police say Edgar Melgar Salazar shot and killed Durrell Shell, 38, on Feb. 18.
Officers responded around 9 p.m. that night to the 1400 block of Locust Avenue, where they found Shell, also a Long Beach resident, suffering from gunshot wounds.
A private party had transported Shell to a local hospital, where he later died of his injuries, police said.
LBPD detectives identified Melgar Salazar as a suspect in Shell's slaying, according to authorities. On March 6, LBPD Special Investigations Division detectives, assisted by the SWAT team, arrested Melgar Salazar on suspicion of murder at a residence in Long Beach, police said.
Melgar Salazar was booked for murder at the Long Beach City Jail, according to police. His bail is set at $3 million.
Detectives do not believe the suspect and victim knew each other prior to the incident, but the motive and circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation, according to the LBPD.
Police ask anyone with more information to contact Homicide Detective Juan Carlos Reyes at 562-570-7244.
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