UPDATED MONDAY 8:37AM | Police are seeking the public’s help today in solving the murder that left a man shot in the head and left for dead in the middle of Junipero St. early Sunday morning. The victim was identified Sunday night as 39 year-old Enrique Casique of Long Beach, by Lt. Joe Bale of the coroner’s office.
Sgt. Eaton of the Long Beach Police Department said that detectives have no idea why Casique was shot or what circumstances may have led up to the shooting. The victim died in the street before officers arrived to the scene.
Eaton also said he’s heard media reports that it may have been a robbery gone bad but that he doesn’t know where that information is coming from.
“We don’t yet know what happened,” Eaton said. “But if there are people out there who know something about this alleged robbery, we would certainly like to hear from them.”
Eaton said that homicide detectives were asking for the public’s help on
the Casique case.
Anyone with information on this case was asked to call Long Beach police homicide detectives at (562) 570-7244. Tipsters can also contact LAcrimestoppers.org. All tips can be made anonymously.
ORIGINAL SUNDAY 11:49AM | A man who was shot and killed on Junipero Ave. near 14th St. was found lying in the roadway by police early Sunday morning.
According to a press release about the murder, the Long Beach Police Department responded to calls of shots fired in the area at around 3AM and arrived to discover the victim deceased in the middle of the street.
The male adult victim had an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body; he has not yet been identified. No suspect information is available at this time.
The murder occured a few hours after an officer-involved shooting across town left an armed man dead. It is the seventh murder this month and ocurred just a few blocks from where 31 year-old Samantha Hollins was discovered shot and killed in the middle of Cherry Ave. last Wednesday.
If you have information regarding this incident, please call Homicide Detectives Hugo Cortes or Todd Johnson at 562 570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.
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