Police say a man was shot while walking in North Long Beach, and he then pulled out his own gun and fired back at the shooter before heading to a hospital for treatment.
Shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a report of a shooting on Atlantic Avenue near 53rd Street, according to Long Beach police.
When officers arrived, they found evidence of a shooting, but could not immediately locate a victim or a shooter.
Investigators later determined a man was walking on a sidewalk when an unknown person shot at him, striking him more than once in the upper body, police said. The wounded man pulled out his own firearm and shot back but did not strike the other shooter.
The victim later showed up at a local hospital seeking treatment for multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the upper body, police said.
The victim did not provide a suspect description or further details about the incident, police said.