Shooting in Downtown Long Beach sparks police chase, authorities say
Police say the shooting happened sometime around 1 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Chestnut Avenue, leaving one man injured.
Authorities are investigating a shooting in Downtown Long Beach Wednesday afternoon that left a man injured and sparked a police chase.
Long Beach Police say officers were called to the 400 block of Chestnut Avenue after receiving reports of a shooting in the area around 1 p.m.
When they arrived, officers noticed a vehicle driving away from the scene of the shooting and gave chase, police said.
Eventually, the suspects inside the vehicle came to a stop near Seventh Street and Chestnut Avenue and were detained by police, according to the LBPD.
The man who’d been shot, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital, police said.
He has a gunshot wound to the upper body, though it does not appear life-threatening, according to authorities.
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