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Transition northbound 405 and northbound 710 Freeway. At 9:24 p.m., a deceased male was found lying on the side of the road.

6800 block of Curtis Ave. At 10:40 p.m., the urban shooting gallery opened for business. After the triggerman’s performance, a lack of information and motive for the shooting make for another notch in the slinger’s gun belt, old west style. With a lack of reported injuries, that is all. The investigation is ongoing.

Seventh St. and Termino Ave. The 7-Eleven experienced an overnight window smash, followed by a second such incident on Oct. 4. Nearby residents opined this appears to be the work of a disgruntled customer or outside person. “Someone is really angry out there” wrote a Nextdoor poster whose spouse “witnessed a clerk chase down a guy stealing a 12 pack of beer. He pointed out the window to the right of the broken one already has plywood over it. The clerk said they don’t take action for a stolen candy bar or cookie – but a 12 pack of beer – they do chase them.”

Others noted the store’s proximity to Jefferson Middle School and Wilson High School, recalling those were schools they attended when they stopped to get their Slurpees. Paraphrasing a Nextdoor poster, “No Slurpee is safe or sacred in this town anymore.”

1300 block of Temple Ave. At 10:30 a.m., a possible dispute between roommates apparently led to a stabbing in the chest of 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach design student Spencer Timms, who died at the scene. Roommate Alejandro Iniestra, a 34-year-old resident of Long Beach remained at the scene and was arrested for the Timms stabbing and for stabbing another roommate causing serious injuries. Booked on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, bail: $2 million.

1000 block of Dawson Ave. At 9:03 p.m., amateur hour gunfighter practice continued apace. With a lack of reported injuries, that is still all with the investigation ongoing.

Del Amo Blvd. and Atlantic Ave. At 1:10 p.m., a car flipped upside down, one occupant removed to a hospital, but not the car, still there a couple hours later so passersby grew concerned.

200 block of Linden Ave. At 1:15 p.m., a kitchen fire broke out on the fourth floor of a five story apartment building. At 1:21 p.m., the fire was knocked down, though at 1:24 p.m., animal control was requested for a dog in an adjacent unit needing treatment.

1700 block of Daisy Ave. At 10:20 p.m., unwanted additional injury-free gunfire with murky circumstances of the shooting, motive and suspect information, all still under investigation.

Charlemagne Ave. and Keynote St. At 2:30 p.m., police arrested a man and a woman in a car that they had just tried to steal. According to a neighbor, “The car had some electrical monitoring on board that allowed the police to catch these thieves.” Unknown what capturing device is included in “electrical monitoring,” apparently a new way to stop the bad guys and bad women.

1700 block of Caspian Ave. At 1:53 a.m., two men verbally argued, the gun slinging man fired a shot, landing somewhere unknown and fled to a location unknown with a gun and a motive unknown. No injuries ensued, but police found evidence. The investigation is ongoing.

Orange Ave. & Broadway. Said a Nextdoor poster, at 7:15 a.m., “A tenant in my building was attacked. She had a concussion and multiple, bloody cuts bleeding profusely.” Police arrived, took an appropriate report.

6400 block of East Pacific Coast Hwy. At 12:30 p.m., a man robbed the Chase Bank at the 2nd and PCH shopping area fleeing prior to police arriving. Unknown if the man was armed during the robbery with a matching unknown description of the suspect. Three police cars and a police helicopter responded according to a witness.

Port of Long Beach. At 4 p.m., construction team unearthed a World War II-era explosive eight-decade-old shell at Pier G, where the great container dump occurred last month. Police, fire departments and the U.S. Coast Guard evacuated the terminal and established a safety perimeter, while the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad responded and assessed the situation. A U.S. Marine Corps ordnance disposal team determined the device was safe to transport, moving it off site deactivation at Camp Pendleton, where it belongs. As the port was a Naval depot during WWII, such a find would not be exceptional. The port resumed normal operations Wednesday night.

500 block of W. 9th St. At 1:14 a.m., in the urban shooting gallery, more lack of information and motive for the early morning shooting mean little, save a lack of reported injuries, making it a shooting-as-usual case.

200 block of Falcon Ave. At 1:28 a.m., a man was shot in the upper body. Taken to a hospital, he succumbed to his injuries.

2800 block of 7th St. At 5:52 p.m., one man shot at another man with the intended victim’s nearby wholly innocent car struck by gunfire.