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5500 block of Long Beach Blvd. At 9:48 p.m., two men struck a man with a firearm, minor, non-life-threatening injuries, demanded his belongings, discharged a firearm in that approximate order striking not anyone with gunfire. With no other injuries, gun guys gonzo.

Magnolia Ave. and Burnett St. At 2:44 a.m., a thief failed to find valuables in a car; returned at 3:27 a.m., took things of no value and “got away in a black Mustang,” automobile, not a horse, followed by a curious on-line response, “If you have an exposed CD with ‘Air Supply’s Greatest Hits’ hand-written on it, I could understand why someone would be interested.” Perp posting?

100 block of Canton St. At 6:23 p.m., a man sitting in a car; a shooter discharged a firearm toward him, struck his vehicle, car sitter uncooperative with the investigation. No injuries were reported. 

100 block of Pacific Coast Hwy. At 1:10 a.m., a man shot at another man, nobody apparently hit, both men went away.

27th and Daisy Ave. In a group posting, “someone tried to break into my daughter’s car at 1:42 a.m., but failed when her alarm and the neighbor’s floodlight went on. The rear door on the passenger side was partly open but they didn’t finish the job.” 

31st St. and Chestnut Ave. At 5:50 a.m., another car break-in. “All they took were CDs,” likely the music kind.

Carson St. and LCD. At 10:10 p.m., came a two-vehicle accident with a motorcycle rider possibly in critical condition.

2200 block of Lakewood Blvd. At 1:39 a.m., a woman driving, a woman passenger, an argument, a female driver stabbed, the stabber left the vehicle, the driver arrived at the 3700 block of Lewis Avenue where she called 9-1-1.

21st St. and Hill St. and Cedar Ave. At 4:52 a.m. came two more car break-ins, additionally, “all of their mailboxes.”

6100 block of Olive Ave. At 6:46 p.m., a shooting caused non-life-threating injuries to the lower body of a man, but fatally wounded 51-year-old Mario Morales-Moreno, who was either mowing his lawn or out with a leaf blower and whom police believe was not the intended target.  According to a neighbor, “he just finished his master’s degree after he lost his job during COVID. He recently got a great job and he was a fixture in our neighborhood.”

Woodruff Ave. and Carson St. At 8:42 a.m., a patrol deputy spotted an Audi stolen from Long Beach, the driver yielding at the Smart and Final parking lot, a smart surrender; today’s final drive for this suspect.

1500 block West 20th St. At 11:27 p.m., a woman driving in the area of Baltic Avenue saw a pair of male teens produce some gunfire and discovered her vehicle had been struck. No injuries in this case of firing at the passing parade.

2900 block of Webster Ave. At 11:50 p.m., two men who had parked their car were approached by two other men who began firing. No injuries reported.

1200 block of East 4th St. At 1:08 a.m., a passel of men fought with a man on his own, then after the argument, a member of the passel approached in a parking lot and shot the alone man with a non-life-threatening wound to the upper body. No other injuries were reported, this one sufficed.

2400 block of Baltic Ave. At 1:41 a.m., a 16-year-old male victim was subjected to a gunshot wound to the lower body, transported to a hospital in stable condition. Soon after, police arrested a 17-year-old for the shootings on April 5 and a fourth that happened on February 27. Nobody was wounded in that case. SWAT officers served a search warrant near the crime scene and a second warrant about a block away on Adriatic Avenue, seizing several weapons.

1000 block of Alamitos Ave. In the 10:03 p.m. shootout at Alamitos and Tenth Street, once the smoke from a minimum of 20 gunshots cleared between two armed groups, a woman and man were treated for non-life-threatening wounds to her lower body and to his upper body. Upon leaving the battleground; he and her self-transporting to a hospital for patchwork.

6100 block of Olive Ave. In the April 4 murder of Mario Morales-Moreno, detectives arrested Taylor Byron Woods, 20 of Bellflower, Tyrell Deshawn Louden, 20 of Indio, Semaj Lamar Obrien, 21 and Jordan Omarion Stokes,18, both of Long Beach, each booked for murder; bail: $2,000,000 for each suspect. Detectives believe the motive to be gang related, however, the investigation is ongoing.

West 49th St. at Long Beach Blvd. At 6:36 a.m., shots fired hitting nobody who knows nuttin’.

2500 block of Long Beach Blvd. At 8:15 p.m., a man with non-life threatening stab wounds to his upper body knew nothing about how he got this way.

1000 block of Myrtle Ave. At 10:53 p.m., more unknown gunshots into an inhabited dwelling.

14th St. and Locust Ave. At 10:45 p.m., another spate of unknown gunshots into an inhabited dwelling.