By City News Service
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A 45-year-old man experiencing homelessness has been arrested in the shooting death of a 44-year-old woman in Long Beach, police said today.
Detectives arrested Nathaniel Ford at about 11:25 a.m. Saturday during a traffic stop in the 1400 block of Pacific Avenue, the Long Beach Police Department reported. Following the arrest, detectives went to a Los Angeles address associated with Ford in the 1700 block of East 61st Street and allegedly turned up a firearm and other evidence.
``The firearm will be sent to the Long Beach Police Department s Forensic Science Services Division, where it will undergo ballistic testing to compare it with evidence collected at the time of the murder, police said.
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Police responded to reports of a shooting around 9:15 p.m. in a parking lot at 100 Aquarium Way, where they found bullet casings and other evidence, the Long Beach Police Department said in a statement Wednesday.
Police learned that a man had been shot in the upper body and was rushed by friends to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
Police said a preliminary investigation showed that two victims were in a car in the parking lot when a man shot at the car, striking the passenger. The incident is being investigated as possibly gang related, police said. No suspect information was available.
By City News Service
Mar 17, 2021
LONG BEACH (CNS) - A man wounded in a shooting near the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach was hospitalized this morning with stable vital signs.
Officers responded to the area of 100 Aquarium Way about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday and were told the victim was taken by friends to a hospital, according to Lt. Brandon Deis of the Long Beach Police Department.
The victim sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his lower body, Deis said.
A motive for the shooting and detailed description of the shooter were not immediately available.
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