Police say a 38-year-old Long Beach man was killed in a gang-related shooting in the Washington neighborhood last night.
Shortly before 9:05 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to reports of a shooting on Locust Avenue near 14th Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
When officers arrived, they found evidence of a crime scene and were notified that a man wounded by the gunfire had been taken by car to a local hospital, police said.
The victim, identified as 38-year-old Durell Shell, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Homicide detectives believe the shooting was gang-related, police said, but the circumstances leading up to the shooting were under investigation. There was no suspect information available.
The number of murders in Long Beach has been on the rise, according to the most recently available crime data.