Editor’s note: Police now say the victim in the Belmont Shore shooting has died.
Police say they’re investigating a pair of overnight shootings — one in West Long Beach and one on Second Street in Belmont Shore — that left two men wounded.
The first shooting took place just before 9:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of Seabright Avenue, authorities said.
There, two men that didn’t know each other had been arguing, according to the Long Beach Police Department. At some point, the argument turned into a physical fight, with one of the men pulling out a gun and shooting the other in the upper body, police said.
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The gunman fled the scene before officers arrived, and the wounded man was transported to a local hospital by Long Beach Fire Department personnel, police said. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, they added.
Officers were notified of a second shooting just before 1 a.m. and responded to the 5300 block of Second Street in Belmont Shore, according to authorities.
A man had been arguing with a group he didn’t know, according to police, when someone in the group pulled out a gun and shot him in the upper body.
The suspect fled the area before police arrived, and the victim was taken to a local hospital, police said.
Suspect descriptions weren’t immediately available.