Long Beach Police Seek Clues in Shooting

A car-to-car shooting by possible gang-members left a man wounded in the back earlier this month but few clues for Long Beach Police Department detectives, who are now seeking the public's help.

On May 1, 2012, in the area of 57th Street and Chestnut Avenue, near Deforest Park, a man was in a car with two other passengers that had been followed by a black sedan. From the sedan's passenger side, shots were fired into the victim's car, leaving one man wounded in the back, and two others uninjured, Long Beach Police Department press release stated.

It stated that detectives learned that the shooting was possibly by gang members, but it did not state whether the victim, unidentified, was gang-affiliated, too.

The suspect vehicle has been described as an early 2000’s black 4-door Hyundai, similar to the one pictured in the stock photo at this link.

 A motive for the shooting is unknown and remains under investigation by the Long Beach Police Gang Enforcement Detail.

 "Detectives have followed-up on and exhausted all leads and are urging anyone with additional information regarding the shooting, or anyone who may be able to identify the suspect vehicle, to come forward, wrote spokeswoman Massacani.  Individuals with information are asked to contact Gang Enforcement Detective Sean Magee at (562) 570-7370.  Anonymous tips can be submitted via text or web by visiting www.tipsoft.com.