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5500 block of Atlantic Ave. At 4:20 p.m., responding to a call about a person with a gun, officers found an adult male victim with gunshot wounds to his upper torso and began performing life-saving measures. Paramedics determined the victim, 32-year-old Kevin Williams of Lynwood deceased at the scene. Another gunshot victim, Devaris Watson, 29, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee was taken by private vehicle to a Gardena hospital, where later, he also died.

Garden Grove. In connection with the above deaths, police arrested 26-year-old Marquise Harris of Memphis, Tennessee at a Garden Grove motel. As a result of search warrants at Garden Grove and Los Angeles area hotels, detectives recovered two firearms believed to be involved in the shootings, about two pounds of marijuana and around $15,000 in cash. The investigation revealed the shooting victims, Devaris Watson and Kevin Williams were involved in the sale of a large quantity of marijuana. Apparently, Williams and Watson disagreed over the deal, shot at each other inside a vehicle, the result, their respective deaths. Williams died on the spot. Harris, who was not injured, drove Watson to the Gardena hospital where he died.

2747 E. Broadway. At 4 p.m., a heavily tattooed female in her 20s or 30s, toting a backpack entered Merry’s, a shop with international clothing and accessories. After signing an in-store petition protesting the realignment of Broadway, she chatted up Merry Colvin for an extended period. “As she was talking to me, she was taking stuff.” Another customer said “I think she’s taking stuff.” Twenty minutes later, Merry saw her walking down the street with a young man and confronted her. “You want to give me back the things you took?” What things? “How about the ring and the bracelet?” As she handed back the items, the bracelet with a store tag still attached, she said, “I didn’t realize I took those things.” Police were called.

Del Amo Blvd. and Orange Ave. At 10:25 p.m., a 2018 Nissan Titan pickup truck collided with a 2003 GMC Yukon. Inside the Titan were the driver, two male adults and two male juveniles. According to investigators, a 20-year-old male resident of Long Beach, was driving the 2018 Nissan Titan east on Del Amo Boulevard and accelerated through the Orange Avenue intersection as the traffic light was phasing to red. As the Nissan entered into the intersection, it broadsided the Yukon traveling north on Orange Avenue. Despite wearing her seat belts, the 49-year-old female driver of the Yukon, Rosalva Fierro, was declared deceased on scene by paramedics. Four of the five injured Nissan occupants were also wearing seat belts. All five occupants of the pickup truck were taken to local hospitals. Both drivers had a valid driver’s license.

Palo Verde exit from the 405 Freeway. At midnight, a large brush fire broke out, causing the evacuation of homes at the 2400 block of Fanwood Avenue and the closure of the exit and possible the entrance to the freeway, disrupting the travel plans of midnight drivers locally.

6100 block of Atlantic Ave. At 5:45 p.m. a man was shot, wounded and transported to a hospital, in that order. Gang detectives are investigating.

2400 block of Granada Ave. After the ultimately fatal shooting of off-duty L.A. County Sheriff Deputy Joseph Solano at a Jack-In-the-Box in Alhambra on June 10, law enforcement mounted an all-out campaign to identify, locate and arrest the shooter. That’s when the previously unknown Rhett McKenzie Nelson, 30, of St. George, Utah, called his father from a Clark Avenue church, telling him he’d just committed two murders. The father than alerted Long Beach Police and the 911 operator reverse connected the phone number provided by the father and located the origin of the call. When police arrived at the scene, they spotted a Kia matching the description of the shooter’s vehicle and as it pulled into a driveway in the 2400 block of Granada Avenue, police made a felony stop and detained the suspect, which allowed the L.A. County Sheriff to take him into custody at about 1 p.m. Nelson is also being investigated for a June 10 murder in Los Angeles and two robberies of a Shell gas station and a 7-Eleven in Long Beach.

1300 block of E. 68th St. A shooting was reported, but officers who responded at 11:10 p.m., found no victim or crime scene. Then, an adult male returned to the scene, said someone shot and injured him, so a thoughtful relative took him to a hospital. Other than those details, the victim knew nothing. Nada.

1000 block of Gardenia Ave. A male shot at a vehicle, only the vehicle was hurt.

Spring St. and Los Coyotes Diag. At 3 a.m., a clerk was robbed of cash by two Caucasian men, one wielding a gun. Described as 5’7” to 5’9” tall, they wore robbery gear, hoodies and bandanas.

steve@beachcomber.news