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Sunday, March 1
1100 block Redondo Ave. At 1:45 a.m., a pair of men grabbed the cash register at the 7 Eleven containing who knows how much amount of unmarked bills. No employees hurt. The two suspects last seen southbound Redondo, headed for a cash counting location.
Maine Ave. and Fourth St. At 11:30 a.m., the driver of a 2013 Chevrolet SUV rolled over the curb in reverse and hit people sitting on apartment building front stairs. Police rushed an injured toddler to the hospital instead of waiting for medics. A woman and an older child taken to a hospital with traumatic injuries in stable condition. The toddler, Myrah Hunter, age one, died shortly after arrival. The driver, Lamont Russell, 55, had a blood-alcohol content of .207%, more than twice the legal limit, according to a warrant officers. “My brakes didn’t work,” Russell told officers. Bail: $335,000.
2100 block of W. Spring St. At 8:36 p.m., a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower body was hospital-bound.
Monday, March 2
5400 block of Locust Ave. A domestic violence incident became a non-life-threatening stabbing to the upper body, proving that nothing good happens at 2:46 a.m.
1000 block of 10th St. A 10:47 p.m. no-hit shooting, earning a participation trophy.
Tuesday, March 3
600 Block of Queens Way. A 2:06 a.m., no-hit shooting, same type, different location.
3700 Block of East Broadway. Shootings continued at 2:17 a.m., with non-life-threatening injuries to the self-shooter. The offending firearm was recovered.
Wednesday, March 4
10 block of Lime Ave. The 3:57 a.m. case of a screaming man with a non-life-threatening laceration to the upper body. The result of a verbal dispute that escalated to an assault, the other man was custody-bound.
Carson St. and Palo Verde Ave. At 4:36 p.m., a Nissan sedan and a Dodge Ram truck collided, possibly trapping a person in one of the vehicles.
Friday, March 6
2600 block of Long Beach Blvd. At 8:27 p.m., a 34-year-old transient man with a large dog carrying some sort of “weapon” banged the window of a Burger King and threatened to kill another human being. Police were consulted.
5400 block of Dairy Ave. At 10:30 p.m., two men argued, resolved by a non-life-threatening male stab wound to an arguer.
1300 Block of Martin Luther King Ave. At 10:58 p.m., a man arrived at a family member’s residence after being stabbed with non-life-threatening wounds to his upper body.
Saturday, March 7
600 block of W. Wardlow Rd. At 1:53 p.m., 89-year-old William Porter was pinned underneath a vehicle. Officers attempted a rescue, nearby residents provided a floor jack to raise the vehicle high enough for extrication of the injured man who died at the scene. His son, 50-year-old Robert Porter remained at the scene, later taken into custody. Bail: $2,000,000.
Sunday, March 8
5600 block of Chestnut Ave. A 9:31 p.m. gunslinger exhibition, verified by police.
Monday, March 9
1600 Block of Summit St. At 2:28 a.m., the gunslinger showed up for this night’s shooting exhibition, lacking reason or rhyme.
Tuesday, March 10
Bellflower Blvd. and Los Coyotes Diag. At 1:20 p.m., a LBPD SUV broadsided a citizen vehicle, totaling the black and white. Investigatory work certain to follow. The trapped citizen driver was rescued by a male passerby.
100 block of Victoria St. A 10:22 p.m. shooting of an innocent truck, which reportedly saw nothing.
Wednesday, March 11
West Shoreline Dr. and Broadway off ramp. At 7:23 p.m., a black southbound 2003 BMW K1200 GT lost control, went over the concrete barrier, and collided with a pole, killing the rider.
Friday, March 13
Monlaco Rd. near Clark Ave. A female poster said at 12:06 a.m., “a white male with a mustache wearing a blue flannel long sleeve got out of his white pickup truck and charged at me. I drove away but he went to my home and looked in every window and went to each of my gates to try and open them. The police got there quickly.” In his late 30s early 40s. he said “take that back, your son or whatever pronoun,” the most 2026 sentence ever spoken, before fleeing.
3000 block of Baltic Ave. At 2:15 p.m., single story home and garage caught fire with a second alarm, out by 2:36.
Carson St. and Woodruff Ave. At 2:50 p.m., a black BMW allegedly ran a red light, hitting a white Tesla, then the driver “took off running into the Walgreens, was gone for about 15 minutes and returned when police had already arrived. He tried to say he wasn’t the driver, seemed quite disoriented and possibly under the influence. The paramedics took him to the hospital for further evaluation.”
Saturday, March 14
5400 block of Carson St. A 7:54 p.m. case of six Hispanic teens smoking marijuana at Heartwell Park. Wait, is this 2026 or 1966?
4700 block of Ocean Blvd. At 7:45 p.m., a possibly Granada Beach-based sniper fired into the large window of a second floor apartment.
Sunday, March 15
Pacific Ave. and 16th St. At midnight, an e-bike and SUV collided, injuring the bike rider, the SUV driver remained at scene.
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