LBPD Blotter - 2/17/24
Release Date: 2024-02-17
Welcome to the LBPD Blotter!
As part of our ongoing commitment to external communications and providing valuable information to our community, the Department posts preliminary information about incidents that occurred the previous evening, including shootings and stabbings, as well as any other LBPD updates to the Department’s homepage and on the “News” tab of the Department’s website. This page will be updated as new incidents occur.
- Armed Carjacking - West 17th Street and Daisy Avenue - On 2/16/24 at approximately 5:15 pm, officers were dispatched to an armed carjacking in the area of West 17th Street and Daisy Avenue. A male adult victim was walking to his vehicle when an adult male suspect approached him and pointed a firearm at him. The suspect demanded the victim's vehicle and fired a shot in the air. The suspect fled in the vehicle. The vehicle was recovered a short time later in the area of Pine Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, but the suspect is still outstanding. No injuries were reported, and the investigation is on-going.
This information is preliminary and is intended for early information use rather than being a formal investigative report.
