Crime & Safety
Boy Arrested For 4 Long Beach Shootings: LBPD
A boy suspected of four shootings, including one that left a teen injured, was arrested early Saturday morning, police said.
LONG BEACH, CA — A boy was arrested Saturday in connection to an early-morning shooting that sent a teenage boy to a hospital and for three previous shootings, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
The boy, whose age and name was not released, was arrested after the 1:40 a.m. Saturday shooting near Baltic Avenue and Burnett Street. That shooting left a 16-year-old boy wounded in the lower body, police said.
The incident was the third shooting connected to the boy. He was detained by officers and identified as the same suspected wanted for a no-hit shooting that occurred Feb. 27 around the same area, police said.
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He is also suspected of no-hit shootings Friday at 11:27 p.m. in the 1500 block of West 20th Street and 11:50 p.m. in the 2900 block of Webster Avenue, just hours before the teenage victim was wounded, police said.
Detectives recovered firearms that were believed to have been used in the recent shootings, police said.
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Police plan to present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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