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Linden Ave. at Roosevelt St. A 3 a.m. speeding car “lost control after flying through stop sign and hit two cars and fled on foot,” prompting a back-and-forth about the value of roundabouts.

Northbound 405 Fwy to southbound 710 Fwy. Pedestrian Kurtis Haynes, 40, of Orange County was struck and killed on a freeway transition road at 8:55 p.m.

Carson St. east of Bellflower Blvd. At 11 p.m., an allegedly under-the-influence driver in a work pickup truck hit and toppled a power pole. A Nextdoor poster witnessed as the “driver left scene and walking into park, wires down, blocking Carson, was strolling and possibly under the influence.” As a result, Carson Street was closed to westbound traffic to Woodruff Boulevard to accommodate repairs. Not to mention, power cut off for customers from Studebaker Road to Spring Street, until about 5 a.m.

Pacific Coast Hwy and Channel Dr. At 6 p.m., a DUI/CDL checkpoint yielded six citations and a single solitary DUI arrest before 2 a.m.

Redondo Ave. and Anaheim St. At 10:27 p.m., a speeding northbound 2023 Yamaha motorcycle, driven by a 27-year-old Aaron Lauro of Long Beach, sideswiped a pickup truck driven by a 63-year-old resident of Lomita. Losing control, the cyclist hit the curb, ejected and died at the scene. The pickup truck driver returned to the scene and cooperated with the investigation.

68th St. and Long Beach Blvd. At 11:52 p.m., a woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper body said she’d been shot, but police were unable to locate a crime scene.

Los Angeles River. At 3:15 p.m., four people were spotted near the water and when rescuers arrived, they found a dog and Krhystopher Lemus, 40, of Long Beach died by accidental drowning. A four-year-old child was transported to a trauma center with unknown injuries.

Orange Ave. near 71st St. At 8:57 p.m., 78-year-old Barbara Goldblatt of Long Beach while crossing Orange Avenue was hit by a 38-year-old resident of Long Beach driving a northbound 2005 Dodge Ram pick-up. It is unclear if Goldblatt was crossing at the intersection or mid-block. She later died in a hospital.

Monlaco Rd. and Nipomo Ave. At 8 a.m., Los Alamitos police chased a motorcyclist from Orange County into Long Beach, arresting the chased, but hardly chaste.

2200 block of Lakewood Blvd. At 5:05 a.m., two men argued in a parking lot, solved by shooting the other with a non-life-threatening wound to the upper body, which he self-transported to the hospital.

4100 block of Viking Way. At 12:30 a.m., police found evidence a shooting had occurred, but niceties like who and why are unknown over the second shooting in the area in about a week.

5400 block Orange Ave. At 9:23 a.m. a woman disputing with a family member was the recipient of a familial gunshot wound to the upper body.

700 block Alamitos Ave. At 10:27 p.m., a light colored sedan drove up, a woman got out, stabbed a man in his upper body, still conscious and breathing.

Alamitos Ave. and Fourth St. At 2:37 a.m., a woman was attacked, lost consciousness, was sexually assaulted. Obtaining security footage of the alleged attack, police arrested 29-year-old Alvin Marbra at 12:45 p.m. near Fourth Street and Cherry Avenue, booked on several rape and weapon charges. Bail: $100,000.

68th St. and Long Beach Blvd. After a 2 a.m. shooting, the man with a gunshot wound to the upper body went to Artesia Boulevard and the 710 Freeway for transport to a hospital, leaving officers unable to locate a crime scene.

Tenth Street and Cerritos Ave. After a 10 p.m. argument, a male arguer shot his counterpart upper body-style.

Downey Ave. and South St. At 9:24 p.m., a westbound 2008 Honda CBR motorcycle carrying a female passenger collided with a 2012 Toyota 4Runner was turning left to travel northbound on Downey Avenue killing Jonathon Porras, a 20-year-old resident of Long Beach. The woman was thrown to the west sidewalk of Downey Avenue and was taken to a hospital.

Long Beach Harbor. At 10 a.m., a diver from a scuba diving boat got in trouble about three miles from the breakwater. Firefighters boarded the boat and began administering CPR on the man in medical distress, but he was pronounced dead on the boat before it reached the dock.

1600 block of 10th St. At 2:50 a.m., a woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper body told police two men had attempted to enter her vehicle. Driving away, she was struck by gunfire as she fled to 23rd Street and Walnut Avenue, where she called police.

100 block of Pacific Coast Hwy. At 4:50 a.m., a group of humans in a parking lot approached by a vehicle from which a shooter emerged, striking a man, who self-transported to a hospital with a non-life-threatening wound to the upper body.