Long Beach police arrest suspect in four shootings, recover firearms

Andrea Chang April 6, 2024

Long Beach police have arrested a

male

juvenile

man

they suspect was responsible for three shooting incidents in the city on Friday and Saturday, and one in February.

The

suspect

,

man,

whose name was not released because he is a minor, was arrested early Saturday shortly after officers arrived at the 2400 block of Baltic Avenue around 1:41 a.m. and found a 16-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to his lower body,

police said.

A couple of hours earlier,

at

around 11:27 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a report that there had been a shooting in the 1500 block of West 20th Street; no one was injured.

Then

at

around 11:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 2900 block of Webster Avenue after receiving a call about a shooting. No injuries were reported.

The police department said that

after the suspect was detained near the scene of the Saturday morning shooting, detectives identified him as the same person who was wanted for a shooting that occurred on Feb. 27 in the 2300 block of Baltic Avenue. No injuries were reported in that incident.

Later Saturday, the police department’s SWAT team served two search warrants in the 2400 block of Baltic Avenue and 2500 Adriatic Avenue, recovering firearms that were believed to have been used in the shootings.

The suspect remains in custody. Police said they were investigating

him and the motive.suspect information, circumstances and motive were under investigation.

The shooting victim was transported to a

local

hospital in stable condition.