Two men were wounded in separate shootings last night in the neighborhood north of Long Beach Poly High School, according to police. Both victims are expected to survive, and police said they are still investigating the crimes, which took place about two hours apart.
The first shooting occurred at 9:32 p.m. Sunday on Locust Avenue just north of Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach police Lt. Danielle Quinones told City News Service.
Police were notified about a man with a gunshot wound to his lower body, and, “Upon officers’ arrival, the victim was uncooperative with the investigation and gave officers very limited information regarding the incident and suspect(s) description,” Quinones said.
The victim would not tell police the location of the shooting, she said. He was taken to a hospital by paramedics for treatment of his non-life-threatening wounds.
Two hours later, at 11:29 p.m., officers were called to the intersection of Pasadena Avenue and Hill Street on a report of shots fired, Quinones said.
There, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to his lower body she said.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim got into a verbal altercation with another male adult suspect who is known to the victim,” Quinones said. “During the altercation, the suspect produced a handgun and fired an unknown number of times at the victim, striking him three times in the lower body.”
The suspect left the scene before officers arrived, she said.
Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of his wounds, which were not believed to be life-threatening, Quinones said.
Investigations were underway in both cases, she said.
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