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400 block of Golden Ave. At 11:05 p.m., officers responded a report of gunshots heard in the area and located an unresponsive male adult victim with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso in an alley in the 700 block of W. Melrose Way. Dylan Baskins 27, of Long Beach was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died two days later.

200 block of E. Artesia Blvd. At 5:35 a.m., officers found an unresponsive Anthony Durr, a 41-year-old resident of Long Beach with multiple stab wounds to his upper torso. deceased at the scene. Durr was apparently in a homeless encampment when he engaged in a dispute which led to the stabbing. Durr walked to the E. Artesia Blvd. and collapsed outside a residence. Officers went to a homeless encampment at Long Beach Blvd. near the 91 freeway, where evidence of a crime scene was located.

East Long Beach. At noon, a 16-year-old male was arrested at his home, booked for making a criminal shooter threat on social media and transferred to juvenile hall. Detectives found the threat unsubstantiated after searching the suspect’s residence and finding no firearms to be seized.

4700 block of E. Seventh St. At 9 p.m., police went to a parking lot and found a stabbing victim with several cuts to his chest, considered non-life threatening. The victim said a group of men and women stabbed him, then fled in a car. Later, police later stopped a car at Fourth Street and Rose Avenue, arresting Edwin Garcia and Anthony Montes-Santos, both 20, from Long Beach on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

2900 block of First St. At 5:45 a.m. came reports of two individuals entering a tent-covered home undergoing pest control. For about six hours, police attempted to convince the intruders to surrender. Apparently one did. The other, not so much, so SWAT and police chopper were called in, the neighborhood blocked off up to Broadway for six hours, when the operation wrapped up, just like the house.

Long Beach breakwater. At 4:45 p.m., a 21-foot power vessel struck the breakwater about 1½ miles offshore, trapping Philip Kahler, 55, a Corona resident in the overturned craft. Found unresponsive in the hull of the vessel, Kahler was rushed to the hospital and later declared deceased. An operation was launched for other victims, but was called off around 7:30 p.m., only the first victim found.

405 Freeway at Woodruff Ave. At 10 p.m., a 39-year-old man riding a Schwinn bicycle on the northbound “auxiliary lane” was struck and killed by a 2007 Lexus driven by an 83-year-old man.

405 Freeway at Lakewood Blvd. At 10:40 p.m., a 50-year-old California Highway Patrol sergeant responding to a traffic crash on the southbound off ramp, crashed his 2016 Harley-Davidson patrol motorcycle into a raised concrete median barrier, ejecting him from his ride and causing major injuries to his chest and right leg. All lanes of the southbound freeway were closed at Cherry Avenue until after 2 a.m. during an investigation into the crash.

Lemon Ave. near Pacific Coast Hwy. At 9:20 p.m., a man shot in the lower body who was hospitalized, refused to cooperate with police, in that approximate order. With no suspect information and no known motive for the shooting, detectives could only collect evidence like bullet casings at the scene.

Willow St. at La Vere Dr. At 9:25 p.m., a west-bound white Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck hit and killed 90-year-old Ramiro Quintero, who was crossing the street in an unmarked crosswalk. The hit-and-run driver of the truck left the scene.

Southbound 605 Freeway near Willow St. At 1:10 a.m., a Toyota Corolla struck a big-rig carrying a large carnival ride, which overturned, closing the southbound lanes of the freeway. The big rig’s engine was torn from the rig, then was hit by a BMW. The drivers of both cars taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The big rig driver was unhurt. After a hazardous material cleanup, the freeway lanes were reopened after 9 a.m..

Pacific Coast Hwy near Clark Ave. Detectives were following a Nissan Altima believed to have been used in several recent robberies. Seeing an armed suspect get out of the car and walk into a 7-Eleven at 11:30 p.m., they went into the business and witnessed a robbery in progress. They told the suspect to drop his gun multiple times. He refused. They shot the suspect, Jordan Michael Griffin, 18, from Long Beach, whom paramedics pronounced dead at the scene. They also arrested 22-year-old Devontae Moore, who was in the Altima parked nearby. There were no injuries to clerks, customers or police. The suspect’s weapon was later identified as a CO2-powered BB gun.

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