A man was struck by gunfire during a possible gang-related shooting near the city’s Poly High neighborhood Saturday night—the first in a trio of shootings that happened overnight, authorities said.

Police were initially dispatched to the 2100 block of Locust Avenue at about 8:20 p.m. to respond to reports of multiple gunshots heard when, while en route, they received information of a shooting victim about a block away in the 2200 block of Earl Avenue.

Once at Earl Avenue, police found a man with gunshot wounds to his upper and lower body, according to Long Beach police spokeswoman Jennifer De Prez.

Long Beach paramedics transported him to a local hospital in stable condition, she said.

A preliminary investigation revealed the victim was with another man when they were shot at by a man after “a brief verbal exchange,” De Prez said.

The suspect fled the scene. His whereabouts are unknown.

Police found evidence of a shooting near Hill Street and Locust Avenue.

“A vehicle in the area appeared to have been struck by gunfire, with evidence consistent with bullet impact,” De Prez said.

Gang detectives are investigating the shooting as possibly gang-related, which police define as any crime “committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang.”

The second shooting was reported at about 8:45 p.m., just under two miles southeast of the first incident, in the 1300 block of Orange Avenue.

Arriving officers found bullet casings but no injuries were reported and no vehicles or buildings appeared to be struck, according to De Prez.

The third shooting was reported at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 3 in the 1900 block of Lime Avenue, in between the first and second shootings and just north of Poly High School.

In that incident, police found several casings in the area but no victims or residences or businesses struck by gunfire.

“It is currently unknown if these are related,” De Prez said of the shootings. “[It] is part of the ongoing investigations.”