Police say they’ve arrested a man who implicated himself in a fatal shooting outside a North Long Beach home Thursday morning.
The shooting was reported around 5:17 a.m. outside the home in the 2000 block of East Harding Street, which is just east of Cherry Avenue.
Paramedics and officers hurried to the scene, but the victim died in the home’s driveway.
Homicide detectives started investigating, but, soon, “officers were dispatched to the area of 49th Street and Del Amo Boulevard regarding a person experiencing a possible mental health crisis. When officers arrived on scene, they contacted a male adult later identified as a Garrett Remillard, 24-year-old resident of Long Beach, who made statements connecting himself to the homicide.”
Police arrested Remillard on suspicion of murder and booked him into jail in lieu of $2 million bail.
Police said Remillard and the victim knew each other, but they did not provide any more detail about their relationship. They said detectives are still investigating a motive and other circumstances around the slaying.
Jail records show Remillard lives on Harding Street.
Authorities have not publicly identified the victim as they work to notify his next of kin.
Police asked anyone with more information to contact detectives Ethan Shear and Kelsey Myers at 562-570-7244. Anonymous tips can be submitted at lacrimestoppers.org.
This story was updated with more information from police.