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1100 block of 11th St., A woman standing in front of a residence with relatives says a sedan pulled up and someone fired shots at them. The rounds missed hitting the persons but officers found casings and an unoccupied vehicle and a building struck by gunfire.

Temple Ave./Anaheim St. Roughly 11 p.m. a man is shot/wounded, told police he was walking in the area when he heard shots and realized he’d been struck by gunfire. LBPD found the man in the area of 10th St./Temple Ave. and also found evidence, including bullet casings and a parked unoccupied vehicle that was struck by gunfire.

Central LB: A senior citizen is struck/wounded by gunfire at mid afternoon in the area south of 17th St./Gundry Ave. (south of LBCC’s Central LB campus) LBPD Public Information Officer Arantxa Chavarria said the shooting occurred shortly after 2 p.m. and the victim suffered wounds described as “non-life threatening.” Police don’t believe the victim was the intended target of the shooting, PIO Chavarria said. She said two suspects were seen running from the scene.

15th St./Pine Ave. LBPD arrests 26-year-old LB man on suspicion of trafficking a 14-year-old girl. LBPD responds after girl calls 9-1-1, says she was pistol whipped by the suspect in the area of 15th St./Pine Ave. Suspect’s bail set at $150,000.

In February 2021 (for the second month in a row), the area covered by four Long Beach mainly working class City Council districts – CD 1 (Zendejas), CD 6 (Saro), CD 8 (Austin) + CD 9 (Richardson) – had roughly the same level of person-hit shootings per capita as Chicago citywide. Districts 1, 6, 8 and 9 had 12 person hit shootings in February, higher per capita than Chicago. Districts 1 and 6 had six shootings in February, higher per capita than Chicago. Districts 8 and 9 had six shootings in February, just under the per capita level for Chicago

Bill Pearl is the publisher of lbreport.com, a local, online news source since August 2000.