shootings Archives • News
- ADVERTISEMENT -
    • Sports
      In partnership with the562.org
    • Merch shop
      Support local news. Look good doing it.
    • Become a member
      Get free perks and more
    • Community Pages
      Share your news
    • Transparency Portal
      About the Long Beach Post
    • Studio LBP
      Advertise with the Post
  • Member-supported
    News
  • Log in
  • My account
    Edit profile Manage newsletters Become a member Manage membership Gift a membership Help
BECOME A MEMBER
GIFT A MEMBERSHIP
  • Sections
  • News
  • Español
  • Voices
  • the Hi-lo
  • Food
  • Sports
  • Grobaty
  • Scratching Post
  • More
  • Best of Long Beach 2022
  • Newsletters
  • Staff Blog
  • Obituaries
  • Special Projects
  • Compare your candidates
  • Close to home: Climate change in Long Beach
  • BROKEN
  • Citizen Police Complaint Commission
  • SHIPWRECKED: The Queen Mary
  • SPECIAL REPORT: Community Hospital
  • Company
  • STUDIO LBP
  • Advertise with the Post
  • Job Connect
  • Transparency Portal
  • – About/Contact us
  • – Policies
  • – Community Editorial Board
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Never miss a story.

Subscribe to the Long Beach Post's daily eALERT and get the best local news in the city delivered to your inbox.


Connect with us:


BEST FEST 2022® Live and in person — June 16. RSVP NOW
Feb 24 12:01 pm
  • shootings

Shootings rose to start 2022, but gun violence has eased compared to height of surge 

Fernando Haro

“The number of gang shootings has actually gone down,” Police Chief Wally Hebeish said at a recent community meeting. “The problem is the number of hit shootings involving gang members has gone up.”

63
Feb 8 3:20 pm
  • shootings

DA wants credit card companies to stop online payments for ‘ghost guns’

City News Service

Law enforcement officials have said there’s an “epidemic” of ghost guns, which can be built from kits purchased online—potentially avoiding background checks.

26
Jan 26 10:06 am
  • shootings

1 man wounded, driver flees from gunfire in pair of overnight shootings, police say

Fernando Haro

In one case, a man managed to drive away unharmed as he was being shot at from the sidewalk, police said.

115
Jan 13 1:41 pm
  • Arrest

Man who started shootout arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, LBPD says

Fernando Haro

Police said they haven’t arrested the other gunman who allegedly fired back after being targeted.

696
Nov 21 8:00 am
  • shootings

Shootings in Long Beach spiked last year. With weeks still to go, 2021 is already worse.

Alena Maschke

Neighborhoods in Downtown, Central, West and North Long Beach have borne the brunt of the surge in gun violence, according to data mapped by the Long Beach Post.

270
Sep 8 6:30 pm
  • shootings

Long Beach man arrested in connection with shooting that killed two

Jason Ruiz

An announcement from the Long Beach Police Department said that its homicide detectives have gathered “significant evidence” apparently linking Efren Abril to the Aug. 5 killing of 29-year-old Antonio Parra and 28-year-old Brian Gomez who were found with gunshot wounds in a parking lot near St. Mary’s Medical Center.

95
Aug 24 12:53 pm
  • shootings

Shootings decrease from winter spike, but remain elevated over last year, data shows

Alena Maschke

Last month, there were 37 shootings, with someone being hit by gunfire in 18 of them. 

13
Aug 10 9:26 am
  • lawsuit

LA Sheriff’s deputies shot in ambush attack sue ‘ghost gun’ kit maker

Robert Jablon, Associated Press

Two deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year have sued a company for making the parts for a “ghost gun” used in the attack.

140
Jul 31 10:30 am
  • shootings

3 injured, including teen, in three separate shootings in Long Beach

Sebastian Echeverry

Three people, including a teenage boy, were injured after a string of shootings took place Friday night and early Saturday morning, Long Beach police said.

227
Apr 20 2021 7:24 am
  • shootings

After a crime surge, LBPD flooded the zone on gun enforcement. Is it working?

Jeremiah Dobruck

Shootings were up 145% over the first three months of 2021 compared to the previous year, according to police data.

180

Previous