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Monday, May 13

710 Fwy. at Anaheim St. At 10:25 p.m., a stolen 2020 Kia sedan collided with a semi-truck, then crashed on the 710 Freeway killing the 15-year-old driver and sending two 13 to 15-year-old Long Beach girls and a 14-year-old Los Angeles boy to the hospital. Police had begun the pursuit and may have backed off before the collision, but officers pulled at least two teenagers out of the car as the Kia burst into flames. The 22-year-old semi-truck driver was not injured.

Wednesday, May 15

1100 block of Minerva Park. At 1:17 a.m., someone shot a shot, then departed meaning the motive, means and the mystery of the shooter.

14th St. and Pacific Ave. At 3:13 p.m., gunfire broke out, wounding a man who self-took to a local hospital in stable condition.

6400 block Atlantic Ave. 10:55 p.m., at Paradise Gardens, two women fought, then one of them shot the other in the upper body. The shooter known to the victim, then left for unknown purposes.

Thursday, May 16

Long Beach Blvd. near Anaheim St. At 10:30 a.m., fire broke out on the fourth floor of a five story building.

Spring St. near Redondo Ave. At 5 p.m., a group of about 75 local residents, some with picket signs, protested the half-dozen student pilot schools, which send up small and often times noisy small airplanes that make circles over several neighborhoods, such as the route over Heartwell Park or environs, east to El Dorado Park or the 605 Freeway, then returning west to the airport, except on more than a few occasions, these small planes fly over residential streets with unmistakable noise issues.

Saturday, May 18

1500 block of West Summit St. At 1:07 a.m., a woman was driving a vehicle when a man fired a gun as she passed. Police were unable to find a crime scene. No injuries were reported.

14th Street and Fashion Ave. At 5:41 a.m., when a man and woman argued, another man attempted to intervene and got stabbed in the upper body for his trouble. The stabbing suspect was then arrested.

Sunday, May 19

1300 block of Long Beach Blvd. At 9:30 p.m., patrol officers witnessed a shooting, rendering medical aid to a man with gunshot wounds to the upper body, at a hospital in critical but stable condition. The suspect, Kileo Taylor-Morrison, 22, of Bell surrendered and was booked for attempted murder. Bail: $2,000,000. A loaded firearm was recovered.

5300 Cedar Ave. At 11:30 p.m., someone fired shots, then left, taking with him or her a motive.

Monday, May 20

Raymond Ave. at 11th St. At 2 p.m., in an LASO pursuit of a vehicle containing five suspects of a series of 7-Eleven type store takeovers and robberies in Anaheim, Fullerton, Commerce, Norwalk and most recently, Bellflower at 2 a.m., two men and one woman were captured when the vehicle stopped, two others got away in the near-Anaheim Street area.

6700 block Hammond Ave. At 9:30 a.m., attempts to revive a person who died of natural causes in a parking lot did not succeed.

Tuesday. May 21

Golden Shore. At 1 p.m., 100 or so pro-Palestine protestors did their protest thing outside the CSU headquarters while those in-charge and inside debated how to handle those arrested at various protests at different campuses in the system, begging the question, will there be a new meeting about how to handle today’s protestors, a meeting which might well be protested, which might well lead to a newer meeting.

Wednesday, May 22

1000 block of Molino Ave. At 10:13 p.m., a man was shot with a non-life-threatening wound to the lower body. The shooter fled in a vehicle.

Thursday, May 23

300 block of Orange Ave. At 4:32 a.m., a man known to the victim stabbed said victim with the stabber and the victim fleeing post-stabbing.

Friday, May 24

Long Beach Blvd., and Anaheim St. At 2:59 a.m., a man was shot by someone he did not know. With a non-life-threatening wound to the lower body, he failed to cooperate with police, who could not locate a crime scene.

Carson St near Lakewood Blvd. At 2:10 p.m., a Nextdoor poster was “walking our dog” on Carson Street when a two-toned Mini Cooper raced by. “The passenger shot at me and hit me with a paintball! It hurt!!!” Police were notified.

Paramount Blvd. and Seaboard Ln. At a 6 p.m., DUI checkpoint, one unlucky DUI suspect was arrested and 15 drivers were cited for operating a vehicle unlicensed or with a suspended/revoked license.

Saturday, May 25

3410 Long Beach Blvd.  At 9:30 p.m., two men simulating a gun robbed a 7-Eleven. At 12:15 a.m. Sunday, at a 7-Eleven at 2001 South Street, a man pulled a firearm and demanded and got cash from the register, fleeing on foot. At 4 a.m., at a 7-Eleven on the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard, it was three men and a woman, one holding the door while one of the men reached over the counter and stole the cash register. Two other 7-Eleven locations in Lakewood and Bellflower were also hit.

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