LA County Offers $10,000 Reward In 2016 Long Beach Fatal Shooting

BELMONT SHORE, CA – A $10,000 reward was offered Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for information leading to whoever gunned down a 46-year-old man while he was riding his bike in Long Beach two years ago. Supervisor Janice Hahn recommended the reward, saying that no eyewitnesses able to identify the gunman have come forward, though several people were believed to be in the area at the time of the March 30, 2016, shooting.

Around 11 that night, Joe Moser was riding alone near the intersection of 16th Street and Pine Avenue when a group of people walked up and started talking to him and one of them pulled out a weapon and shot him.

Detectives say Moser was not a gang member and did not appear to be doing anything illegal that led to his death. They do not know the motive for the shooting.

A coroner's investigator told the Long Beach Press-Telegram when first identifying the victim that Moser was homeless.

Police said shortly after the shooting that two suspects ran east on 16th Street after firing on Moser and then ran up behind another man and hit him in the head with a gun, knocking him to the ground. Police said they did not believe there were any ties between the two victims.

Hahn urged anyone with additional information to call Long Beach police Detective Donald Goodman at (562) 570-5726.

City News Service and Patch staffer Emily Holland contributed to this post; Image via Shutterstock