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Pacific Coast Highway and the 710 Freeway. At 8:30 p.m., a passenger in a Jeep fired off several shots and the police were called in. No victims were located. At 9 p.m., police arrested 30-year-old Luis Valencia Chavez of Los Angeles when they spotted the Jeep at a gas station at nearby Harbor Avenue, locating a firearm inside the vehicle. The suspected Jeep driver, Daniel Cardenas, 28, was arrested for an outstanding warrant, for driving under the influence, as well as carrying a concealed, stolen weapon in a vehicle and the negligent firing of a firearm. Chavez was being held on $35,000 bail on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a stolen loaded firearm and discharging a firearm in a negligent manner.

100 block of 48th Street. A shooter drove up to a man who was about to get in his car at 6:30 a.m., shooting him in the lower body. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The Peninsula. Reports surfaced that an anti-construction cone fire-starter was doing just that to a series of construction cones along the Peninsula at 9:15 p.m. Police investigated, found one victimized cone, but did not ask for fire department assistance in putting out the blaze.

Fourth Street and Bonito Avenue. A man suspected of Tuesday’s shooting on 48th Street was arrested after a foot chase. Transient, Isaac Peraza, 26, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder with a gang enhancement and drug possession and is being held on $1,040,000 bail. Police said they knew each other.

3300 block of E. Willow Street. When a passerby asked a bike rider to move his bike at 10 a.m., somehow a gun was pulled, making passing impassable.

Wardlow Road and Gondar Avenue. At 12:15 p.m., a motorcycle and pickup truck collided, leaving the juvenile male on the cycle badly injured. Transported to a hospital in critical condition, he later died of his injuries. The driver of the pickup truck remained on scene and cooperated with police. The intersection was closed for several hours while police conducted their investigation.

CSULB. At 7 p.m., two hundred protestors, some with signs, from both sides of the political spectrum protested each other at an event held by Turning Point USA at a university venue, which attracted about 250 attendees. Issues included President Trump’s policies, immigration policies, oil, police brutality, trans-phobia and others. There were about 40 and 50 uniformed officers on scene with a critical response unit from other campuses said university spokesman Jeff Bliss. Some heated words were exchanged, a few shoves here and there, but no real violence, unlike other similar local clashes.

770 Bellflower Blvd. At 10 p.m., a Toyota T-boned a Mazda, with the Toyota smoking. A resident reported a tire crashed through a window and landed on a bed. No injuries, but a lot of traffic was diverted and some sleep disrupted.

St. Louis Avenue and 14th Street. A female pedestrian was approached by a female passenger in a white SUV, who asked for directions to a hospital. The passenger told the woman victim she wanted to give her a necklace, got out of the SUV and began wrapping the necklace around her wrist. The victim didn’t notice the woman stole a gold bracelet from her until the SUV drove off.

5500 block of East Second Street. At 1:30 a.m., a young woman was walking the center median when she fell into the number one lane of eastbound Second Street. She was struck by a white Ford F-150, which kept on going, with a silver toolbox in the bed and possibly a company decal on the driver’s door. The victim, Alana Gretencord, a 22-year-old Anaheim resident and CSULB industrial design student, later died.

Charlemagne Avenue and Village Road. At 4:16 p.m., a 13-year-old female was walking when she saw an adult male in an older model two door white sedan with black rims expose himself. According to the victim, the suspect then made lewd remarks and drove away. The suspect was a 5’8” to 6’0” tall male white, 170 to 200 pounds, 19-25 years old with dark brown hair and a “buzz” haircut, wearing a navy-blue T-shirt and gray pants.

Aquarium of the Pacific. A shuttle bus from the aquarium to the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor took a wrong turn, allegedly on account of road construction and went north. Several passengers called 911 after the driver, James Lee, 60, of Los Angeles refused demands to turn around or pull over. Some passengers were bruised when they attempted to crawl out windows. The bus ended up at East Del Amo Boulevard and South Central Avenue in Carson at 8 p.m. where it was met by deputies and Long Beach police. No word whether this scary trip will be incorporated into future Dark Harbor celebrations.

steve@beachcomber.news