Community Scanner

2700 block San Vicente Ave.  About 3:25 p.m., officers dispatched to 2200 block of San Vicente Avenue regarding a reported robbery. They locate a man who confirms he’s been robbed by two men, one seen running from the scene, the other driving away. One of the suspects spotted walking in the area was taken into custody (booked on suspicion of robbery, obstructing and false imprisonment. There’s no immediate information available on the second suspect for now.  LBPD says “Detectives do NOT believe this was a random incident, but an isolated incident, and don’t believe it’s in any way related to civil unrest.

The Beachcomber scanner is aware of multiple alleged looting locations beyond those widely televised downtown,  There are simply too many for LBPD to confirm for us at present.  Among locations where we’ve independently confirmed break-ins are the SW corner Willow/Lakewood (Shoe City), J&L Jewelry (Ximeno/LCD), T-Mobile (PCH/Ximeno), Los Altos CVS (2100 block Bellflower Blvd./entry door glass broken), Bixby Knolls Vons (4500 block Atlantic and a compounders pharmacy on Atlantic Ave. at Roosevelt Rd. 

1700 block Pine Ave., 1:45 a.m. A man shoots at three men and two women; his rounds miss hitting them but strike/damage multiple parked vehicles. It’s the sixth shooting crime scene in LB’s 1st Council district since April 15.

100 block W. PCH (just west of Pine Ave.) Noon-hour shooting. Man is hit/wounded.

6th/Magnolia A man walking his dog is struck/killed by a driver fleeing LBPD in a high speed pursuit that began at the site of a suspected WLB commercial burglary. LBPD says the roughly five minute pursuit covered surface streets, the 103 and 710 freeways before running through a red light at 6th St./Magnolia Ave. where Jose Hernandez, 32, of Long Beach was legally crossing the intersection with his dog. Mr. Hernandez and his dog were killed. The LA County DA’s office has filed charges of murder and several other felonies against the 26-year-old driver, a Richmond, Calif., man.

2300 block 17th St. (roughly three blocks east of Cherry Ave., about six blocks east of a May 16 Myrtle Ave. homicide.)  About 8:40 p.m., a caller reports hearing shots fired; officers find a residence with a shattered window and evidence of a shooting but no persons hit.

Bill Pearl publishes lbreport.com, an online source for news and views since 2000.