Landis Chase Lim, a 17-year-old Asian boy, was fatally shot on Thursday, Feb. 28, in the 1000 block of East 11th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner records. 

Landis was in a garage facing an alley behind East 11th Street around 5:15 p.m. when a light-colored four-door sedan drove into the alley, heading east, and someone inside began shooting into the garage, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department. 

The gunfire struck Landis and a 34-year-old woman who was also in the garage, according to the news release. 

When officers arrived, they found Landis in the alley with a gunshot wound in his upper torso. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:35 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound ...

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Terrell Anthony Bryant, a 33-year-old black male, died Sunday, Feb. 24, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Delbert Smith, a 59-year-old black male, died Friday, Feb. 15, after being stabbed in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Maurice Phillip Ross, a 24-year-old black male, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the 200 block of East Anaheim Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

According to witnesses, Ross was involved in a physical fight with three adult black males just before he was shot around 10:45 p.m., according to a Long Beach Police Department news release. 

First responders found Ross lying on the sidewalk on East Anaheim Street, near Locust Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

A female adult bystander who was not connected with the suspects or Ross was also struck by gunfire, according to the release. She was taken to a nearby hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower torso.

Ross lived in Bellflower, according to coroner's records.  

The suspects ...

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Anna Marie Perez, a 24-year-old Latina, was fatally shot on Saturday, Dec. 1, in the 100 block of West 4th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Perez was in a parking lot at 4th and Pacific Avenue in Long Beach’s downtown entertainment district around 2 a.m. when two groups of men and women began arguing, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department.

Investigators believe Perez wasn’t involved with either group, according to the release, but someone began shooting and Perez was struck in the torso. 

Perez was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:15 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

Witnesses described the shooter as a black adult male who was last seen leaving the parking lot in an “unknown color sedan,” according to the release. 

Perez lived in Long Beach and ...

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Don Sims, a 55-year-old black male, died Saturday, Nov. 17, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Sandra Dean Coleman, a 56-year-old black female, died Saturday, Nov. 17, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Rotha Chan So, a 34-year-old Asian male, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jose Raul Corrales Aguilar, a 69-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the 1900 block of Canal Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

At 3:05 p.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to the area regarding shots fired, according to a news release from the department. Officers arrived and found Corrales Aguilar with gunshot wounds.

Corrales Aguilar was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:16 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Investigators believe that Corrales Aguilar was outside a home with a group of men when a light-colored sedan approached, police said.

The sedan had three to four people inside, police said.

Another man was also shot and took himself to a hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (562) 570-7244. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers ...

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Guy Eugene Alford, a 20-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the 5100 block of Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Alford was inside a blue Chevrolet Impala in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box restaurant at East 52nd Street and Atlantic Avenue around 12:15 a.m. when he was shot in the torso, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:25 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

Long Beach investigators have not released any details about the shooting, and say they don’t have a motive. 

CBS-TV Channel 2 reporter Dave Lopez reported that he watched surveillance video from a nearby business that showed Alford in the drive-thru lane of the restaurant when another car pulled ...

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Fernando Ruiz Ruiz Rodriguez, a 46-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Joshua Jahvel Maurice Harris, a 24-year-old black male, died Friday, Sept. 14, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Victor Salvador Herrera, a 40-year-old Latino, died Sunday, Sept. 9, after he was intentionally struck by a car at Orange Avenue and East Market Street in Long Beach, according to the Long Beach Police Department. 

The night before, about 11 p.m., Herrera was walking in the area when he got into an argument with a man driving a red sedan, according to a department news release. 

Herrera was standing in the center median of the road, still arguing with the driver, when the suspect ran him over with his sedan and drove away heading west on Market Street, the police news release said. 

Herrera was taken to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. on Sept. 9, according to coroner’s records. 

A short time later, officers tried to pull over a driver who appeared to be ...

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Robert Derel Moore, a 39-year-old black man, was fatally shot Saturday, Sept. 8, in the 500 block of East Rhea Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Long Beach police officers were called to the residential area about 2 a.m. regarding a person down, according to a department news release. 

The officers found Moore lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the release. 

Moore, a resident of Long Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:05 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

Investigators don’t have any information about suspects or a motive for the shooting, according to the police news release.  

Anyone with information is asked to call Long Beach Dets. Malcolm Evans and Robert Gonzales at (562) 570-7244. Those wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.   ...

Pedro Zamora, a 53-year-old Latino, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Aug. 16, after being found with a head wound near the corner of Atlantic Avenue and South Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. The coroner listed his cause of death as blunt trauma to the head and ruled it a homicide. 

Long Beach police officers were called to the area about 8:45 p.m. regarding a man down, according to a department news release and coroner’s records. 

Zamora, who is homeless, was found lying in a vacant lot, according to coroner's records. He was pronounced dead at the scene at  8:53 p.m. 

Investigators don’t have any suspect information, according to the department news release. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Long Beach Police investigators Todd Johnson and Donald Collier at (562) 570-7244. Those ...

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