LBPD Blotter - Sept. 2, 2023

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.

Here’s a recap of incidents occurring last night:

• Officers investigate a shooting: On Sept. 1, 2023, at approximately 6:22 p.m., officers responded to the 5600 block of Long Beach Boulevard regarding a shooting that occurred on a Long Beach Transit Bus. Upon arrival, officer contacted the victim, a 14-year-old boy with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper body. Long Beach Fire Department personnel provided medical aid and transported the victim to a local hospital in stable condition. The preliminary investigation indicates that the victim was riding on the transit bus, when three juvenile male suspects entered the bus and started a verbal altercation with the victim and his friends. The altercation became a fight, which escalated when one of the suspects shot the victim with a gun. The suspects fled the scene before police arrived. Suspect information and the motive for the shooting is under investigation. The investigation is ongoing.