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Los Coyotes Diag. and Carson St. At 1:30 p.m. a Seal Beach police pursuit ended with a pit maneuver, the police vehicle stricking the bumper of the pursued in a right onto Los Coyotes Diagonal, “pushing him along,” as noted by a witness. “Was pretty crazy to watch.”

1300 block of Pacific Ave. At 10:41 p.m., the who knows who shooter did his or her thing, then left the area apparently fully armed.

Orange Ave. and 68th St. At 5:45 a.m., “there’s a man in a wheelchair roaming and stealing belongings from cars. This idiot arrived at my house and opened the hood of my car to steal the battery. Fortunately, I heard him whistle. I looked out for the camera and saw that he already had the hood open. I quickly looked out the window to yell at him and he left.”

Eastbound 91 Freeway near Long Beach Blvd. the macadamia nut oil universe was diminished when a macadamia nut oil-carrying big rig jackknifed, separated from the trailer, overturned and began leaking fuel catching fire at 8 p.m., with lanes closed until 5:30 a.m., Thursday. Unknown if the truck driver was injured in the crash. The HOV lane opened at 11 p.m. for those who wanted to pass mess-macadamia. Nut oil is expensive: macadamia trees take 7 to 10 years to bear fruit and grow in few places making careful shipping a must.

Cedar Ave. and Anaheim St. At 5:42 p.m., a man riding his bike argued with two other men, an upper body stabbing of the bike rider, the victim declining hospital transport.

Cedar Ave. and 9th St. At 10:57 p.m., a walking man was shot in the upper body, then self-transported to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. 

Junipero Beach parking lot. At 9:30 a.m., human remains were located  near lifeguard tower 3. Detectives examined an open cardboard box and aL.A. County Medical Examiner Department representative described “what appear to be human bones.” On Saturday, “additional remains” were found.

300 block of 17th St. At 8:32 p.m., a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower body un-cooperated with investigators.

400 block of West 11th St. At 2:17 a.m., a shooter’s target practice into an uninhabited dwelling with evidence indicating a shooting had occurred but no evidence of injuries. Or was this part of a more devious plot?

Bonito Ave. at Third St. Said a Nextdoor poster, at 1 a.m., “my Easter wake-up call. Guy driving the wrong way down Bonito at 3rd, blows through the intersection at 40 mph and hits another car because ‘I didn’t have a stop sign.’ Pro tip!  They don’t put up stop signs for people driving the wrong way. Oh, and then he leaves the scene of the accident.”’

235 E. 12th St. At 5:36 a.m., in a video, a man carrying a skateboard badly abused a German Shepherd by kicking and throwing the animal to the ground, then picking it up and carrying it away.

800 block of Pine Ave. At 8:28 p.m., detectives from the Special Investigations Division in collaboration with the High Crime Focus Team, located a suspect in the dog abuse case, Alexander Cueva, a 28-year-old Long Beach resident. Booked on felony intentional cruelty to an animal, as he had an outstanding no bail warrant, he remained in custody. The rescued dog is in the care of Long Beach Animal Care Services, though several less than honest folks are exploiting this case by pretending to be in possession of the dog in order to gather crowd raising funds.

Northbound 710 at Ocean Blvd. In a 10:50 p.m. traffic collision, two passengers were trapped in an upturned vehicle. At 11 p.m., two patients were transported to a hospital, one deceased on-scene

Harvey Way and Palo Verde Ave. At 12:22 p.m., a “drugged out white thin man maroon shirt w dark baseball cap, came up to my door banging to be let in. I said no. He said to let him into my car cause a lion was chasing him. I said no. He left down Palo Verde yelling about “not believing Satan’s lies” and tried opening car doors as he kept walking down Palo Verde.”

Bellflower Blvd. and Conant St. A 4 p.m. car versus electric bike collision, with red light-running considered the cause. As the biker was helmeted, serious injuries avoided.

700 block of St. Louis Ave. At 7:31 p.m., a man was non-life-threateningly stabbed in the upper body. Little else is known.

Seventh Street and Channel Dr. At 10:56 p.m., an eastbound 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 struck a male adult pedestrian who suddenly appeared in front of the vehicle. The driver then pulled over to the curb and stopped her vehicle as a black truck drove over the pedestrian, who later died, the truck fleeing eastbound.

1100 block of Daisy Ave. With some 4:50 a.m. gun shots, evidence found, no injuries.  Suspect information and motive are under investigation.