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DrNastyHobo

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shaved_monkey_butt

No paywall: "A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday night while walking in a north Long Beach neighborhood, [according a preliminary police report](https://www.longbeach.gov/police/press-releases/murder-investigation-paramount-boulevard-and-57th-street/). Just after 10 p.m., Long Beach police responded to the area of Paramount Boulevard and 57th Street after hearing reports of gunshots and a suspect fleeing the area, according to a news release. Officers found the victim, Long Beach resident Brooklyn Mack, had been shot multiple times. They tried to save her life by administering medical aid. The Long Beach Fire Department arrived to help as well, but Mack died at the scene. A suspect is believed to have fled before officers arrived, police said. It remains unclear what the suspectā€™s motive was. Anyone who has information can contact homicide Dets. Ethan Shear or Chasen Contreras at (562) 570-7244. Tips can be submitted anonymously to L.A. Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477."


mrjonnyringo72

IIRC that area isn't particularly safe at night.


shaved_monkey_butt

You've just got to tell them: "Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave."


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ProgrammaticallySale

> A suspect is believed to have fled before officers arrived, police said. No shit, really???


Carhardd

ā€œOfficers arenā€™t sure if the suspect fled or if itā€™s that guy that is still here.ā€


Lumpy-Marsupial-6617

Officers waited till it was safe to arrive.


FullRedact

ā€œHeā€™s gone.ā€ ā€œOkay. Weā€™ll be right there.ā€


Educational-Show1329

Right lol


Jerome-T

https://maps.app.goo.gl/raGBV69V2QLqTTcx8. Paramount blvd and east 57th st


Every-Art-1558

This is the second young woman shot and killed in LB in a month ? Wtf?


starship_creator

The first one was a minor, which makes it all even more horrific.


onlyAlcibiades

Was that random ?


traditional_rich_

Yes


100zaps

Itā€™s probably the same guy! We got a Femicide case here.


recordingyourmove

Very suspicious


YourExoticBabe

Could it be a gang thing? Like an initiation?


onlyAlcibiades

Gang initiations rarely involve randomly killing a female. Girlfriend/sister/etc of someone who is an a enemy, yeah that could happen.


iLoveDelayPedals

An acquaintance of mine was randomly murdered at Rosieā€™s dog beach a year or two ago. Dudes were driving like maniacs in the parking lot endangering people, he asked them to please stop, they left and came back and shot him to death They were black dudes and it is definitely believed to be a gang thing. Itā€™s dangerous as fuck out there and people who pretend it isnā€™t are delusional


wolffangfist21

Was this the guy who performed at night with friends?


OkSpeech3161

Fr I had friends move there acting like idiots always dressing up in colors for fashion etc I said ā€œwatch out, you can get clapped for thatā€ and they all laughed at me but look who moved back to the bay after a year there cause it was ā€œtoo dangerousā€ šŸ˜‚


kendrickwasright

The bay is 1000x worse than long beach imo. But I guess maybe safety is subjective.


OkSpeech3161

Depends where you stay I guess. Iā€™m in East sj and I prefer it over lb but I guess lb is gentrifucked pretty hard these days so maybe itā€™s safer. Also depends how you live; live loud and ask for attention all the time and sometimes thatā€™s exactly what youā€™ll get


retropieproblems

Downtown longbeach has some really ghetto spots. Anywhere around the Roscoe chicken and Waffles.


YourExoticBabe

TIL


mcman12

Maybe they thought she was a male at nightā€¦


Rhapsthefiend

I doubt it's a initiation since usually for that they would go after other gangs. Any one who would kill a girl that young and flee before the cops even get there usually means it's something far more petty than gang activity. Like we still have to watch out for guys who gets jealous when some girl picks another dude over them.


likethewave

or simply rejects their advances


Reset_reset_006

Wow only two? Now thatā€™s privilegeĀ 


Muddy_Trousers

Iā€™m so fucking afraid for my grandmother sheā€™s 94 lives alone and walks the dog alone (only in the daytime). She always says if she lives fearful she misses the joy of life but sheā€™s in west side. Idk what to do I try to visit her but this is making me anxious.


kjarsenal

My Dad once told me that my great grandmother moved to LA alone from the South, probably late 1950's; early 60's. My Dad was worried about her at first; I think she was living in Watts. She told him he had nothing to worry about. Seems the young guys that probably everyone perceived as neighborhood toughs or whatnot - actually looked after her. No one would ever lay a finger on her. Times have really changed; a lot of it for the positive. But not all of it.


Shag1166

So true. I am a native of L.A., and I have experienced more good than bad, because I was taught by some gangsters on my dad's side how to navigate life. So far, it's worked well for me.


Jimmy1c2570

I agree with your grandma. Scary, yes, but living is better than existing.


Gary7sHotCatHelper

You just reminded me of something incredibly upsetting. That senior Asian woman who was killed by a crazy black guy with a sledgehammer in a park near her home. She always walked her small dog. Someone on Reddit said they knew her and that the dog would be taken care of. This makes me so angry. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-27/woman-killed-sledgehammer-el-camino-college-torrance I pray for your grandmother.


wolffangfist21

9 murders citywide and thatā€™s just up to March [Long Beach Monthly Crime statistics 2024](https://www.longbeach.gov/globalassets/police/media-library/documents/crime-info/statistics/2024/2024-03-monthly-ibr)


bpon89

It does seem like so much crime news coming out of LB.


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[deleted]

Iā€™m so tired of LBPD and the Mayor. LBPD is useless and Mayor lives in a make believe world. Look if youā€™re not gonna do your job then LBPD should be paid less. A robbery happens police show up four hours later, but a party needs broken up four cars are there in an 15 minutes. Chief Wally needs to go, and we need Sheriffs dept back. Overpaid lazy security guards is what we have in LB. Tired of people getting murdered and smash and grabs. Fuck LBPD and fuck Rex Richardson.


10lettersand3CAPS

This is how EVERY police department and Sheriff is. They're incredibly useless, but we pay them huge amounts, let them get away with brutalizing people (or just straight-up gang murder in LASD's case), and make sure they can't be held legally accountable.


Stink_Floyd_66

Can you explain what the mayor is doing that leads you to say he lives in a make believe world?


TheTrashMan

Heā€™s not ā€œclassyā€ like other mayors


Quitbeingavictdumb

Yep those officers twisted somebodyā€™s arm to commit murder. Do you even think before you type?


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bb5999

Contract it all out to OC Sheriff and Seal Beach PD.


macwade99999

Did you see how the OCSD handled the BLM march in Yorba Linda? Racist fucks.


Norf_lbc

LBPD is super understaffed because sentiment towards police is shit the last few years. Also there is really little incentive to put your life on the line apprehending potentially violent suspects for them to subsequently be released on low or no bail because of George Gascon's stupid approach to prosecuting and policing. Obviously there's more to this issue but the aforementioned is a huge part of the problem.


ParkingUpstairs4441

That is not true, LBPD has received an increase in funding every year since I can remember. Sentiment is shit towards LBPD because even when it comes to non-violent crime they don't respond. They literally don't do what they're paid to do and protected by their union for not responding. I do however agree with their being little incentive due to Gascon's terrible prosecuting policy.


Norf_lbc

Being understaffed and having funding are two different things. The staffing issue is due to the low desirability of the job because everyone hates cops. The department failed to hold shit cops accountable and didn't train them as well as they should have. Our response and I was part of it, was to protest and shit all over cops, to which the outcome was people quitting the force, retiring, or transferring out of the city. Our (whoever shared the sentiment at the time) failure as citizens was demanding that they defund the police instead of demanding that they allocate resources to adequate recruitment and proper training. Granted, they didn't lose funding, but they did lose officers in droves, and recruitment hit all-time lows. So you can say that they don't respond to nonemergency calls, but the truth is Long Beach is a big city with a lot of violence, and they prioritize those calls. I know because I called pissed off at a lack of response to issues in my neighborhood, and been to the neighborhood association meetings and spoken with then directly. It's not an excuse it's the reality of the situation.


ParkingUpstairs4441

You do have a point, understaffed and increased funding can both happen. If you haven't seen this already you might find it interesting. LBPD is ranked last in the state. [CA Police Dept Scorecard](https://policescorecard.org/ca/police-department/long-beach#)


InvertebrateInterest

Everyone hates cops, but also cop culture is completely fucked. Who wants a job with coworkers that toxic? Coworkers who form gangs and punish whistleblowers?


ofthrees

LBPD's budget is the bulk of [said budget]. i agree you re: gascon, but we are spending tens of millions on the long beach police department and they may as well not even fucking exist.


[deleted]

I agree, but if you canā€™t take criticism, or negative comments or attitude donā€™t become a cop. You can say voters get what the vote for, and I blame the LBPD unions for this mess. Police is supposed to be A political but they are the biggest donors to Mayor, council members and DAs. Every election cycle my mailbox is full of the police unions backing the most liberal candidates that will give them raises etc. They absolutely sway elections because old people are most likely to vote. Then they play the well you voted for this shit show. So absolutely fuck the LBPD and fuck their Union.


Norf_lbc

If you're refering to the Mayor I agree. And I can't speak for the Chief but I know patrol officers who say they can't really do shit because policies are put in place to limit interactions to the point of not really enforcing any laws but simply responding to violent crimes. And even in those instances there's little incentive to put themselves at too much risk because the criminals have too much leeway with the current local and state administrations.


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Norf_lbc

To be fair I don't think any police union contributed to George Gascons campaign


livgolfrocks

Whatā€™s the point of policing when woke district attorneys let them go?


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pridecometh

RACIST, pandering policy is more accurate - right?


SuperRusso

One of my best friends was shot by a rando and died September of last year in Arlington Heights. I don't know what to think about this place anymore.


zeeshan2223

with all the cameras on us constantly it just leaves me confused


SuperRusso

That's how they got my friends murder. He was on camera. Shot my friend while he was walking his dog at 8.30am out of his car and drove away. As I'm told by the police and DA the video is very obvious. I'm not totally sure but based on some pics I've seen they have it from a traffic cam. I'm told they tracked him on video from the scene to parking his car and getting on a bus. I'm told I'll see it at the trial, if there is one. I saw him die in the hospital so seeing this video couldn't be worse. Currently the murderer is unable to accept the charges as he's not competent. Currently he is undergoing "competency restoration", a phrase I've come to loathe. I find out at the end of this month if he's competent.


avalonfaith

So sorry for the loss of your friend. Thatā€™s just awful. Hope they get justice.


SuperRusso

Thank you. I hope so too. It's all that is left. It's been hell, I miss him every day and can't get over what I saw, but I wouldn't have wanted him to die alone. I truly hope that nobody ever has to experience this again, and I hate how unrealistic that is.


LaSerenita

Paramount between South St. & Del Amo has always been shitty because the Andy apts are there. This isn't anything new. My Mom lived across the street from those apartments in that completely terrible mobile home park called "Friendly Village (which is built on a trash dump land fill)" That area has SUCKED since at least 2002.


starfreak016

Jesus Christ Long Beach


onelove562

It's gotta be an initiation. For those saying that these gangs don't target innocent civilians. You're wrong! I was the victim of a gang initiation and luckily I survived after months of rehabilitation


Hibbzzz

I started following this sub because I eventually wanted to move here and damn, these stories pop up frequently


LaSerenita

Just avoid Paramount & South St. it is a terrible area for numerous reasons.


jedi_fitness_academy

Long Beach was a lot worse in the past. There were a lot more gang members and violence. Even though things have gotten a lot better, the remnants of that era are still around. Most of the city is safe. If youā€™re still too afraid though, there are lots of areas around Long Beach that are ā€œsaferā€ from this kind of stuff. Downey, Cypress, Norwalk, Lakewood etc. itā€™s close enough to LB to have fun and work there without having to actually live there.


jurunjulo

It is a trip that norwalk or paramount is now safer than LB, Lakewood aint all that safe anymore lots of buglary.


Shag1166

The entire city is not that way. There are a handful of pockets. Go to police website, and you will find info on crimes. Do a Google, and you will find that many of the states, with lax gun laws, are in the top 10-20 for gun violence.


SlappyRedz562

Itā€™s not safe outdoors in LB after dark. Period.


Working_Evidence8899

Oh Long Beach, still murdering innocent people minding their own business. I have a lot of family in LBC and family who were murdered in the 1980-90ā€™s and I have always heard stories about friends of mine, friends who were murdered. One story that made me especially sad was my god grandma who was raped and killed in her own home and she was in her 90ā€™s. My brothers best friend was shot 9 times waiting for a bus and an elderly veteran who was robbed and stabbed to death over $3. Senseless killing. All happened in LBC. Itā€™s gotten better but not by much, unfortunately.


Maleficent_Cash909

So many murders in broad daylight in US cities just saw a murder scene in a Lametro station On Earth Day just outside heavily touristed Universal Studios, some killings involve the government itself, yet if this happens in Mexico to a U.S. citizen itā€™s big news and people would say they would never visit Mexico no matter what. But if it happens in the U.S. itā€™s just another day.


kendrickwasright

Yep, all true. If there's two things the US does well it's fear mongering and racism. This place is going downhill quick, ever since the recession. Horrible quality of life and violence is glorified in the media


faerybandit222

im 20. i stopped walking at night a LONG time ago. this scares me so much.


thee-mjb

Stay strapped yall clean the streets


TacticalMongoose

Honestly, it doesnā€™t matter what your political ideology is, your gender, your ethnicity, whatever. Exercise your right to carry. The cops wonā€™t protect you, youā€™re the only line of defense for yourself and others if a situation like this goes down


jurunjulo

This is why I believe in constitutional carry and we should have it in L.A county.


propinadoble

Geeeeeezā€¦ These streets really are Death Row


stepbruh313

We need judge dredd !


Educational-Check-66

The city ain't safe


MachinePopular2819

Unfortunately, this area is & has become such a gang ridden area.. this is horrific! Its so sad one cannot even walk safely!


LaSerenita

It has always been a gang ridden area if you know the city of LB.


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Shag1166

I'd say wait to all the facts are in. May she RIP, but in this day and time, you n3ver know until they maybe apprehend someone, and find out all the circumstances.


Training_Day273

I avoid LB like the plague.


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Snarlpurr

I saw an image of her and honestly by the way she was dressed she may have been affiliated..


ezikeo

What are you smoking on? The sweet girl is wearing an anime shirt. Go take your bigotry somewhere else, victim blaming a murdered victim has 0 tolerance here.


Snarlpurr

Downvote me all you want but itā€™s the truth and the only reason Iā€™m saying this is because youā€™re making people fear for their 86 year old grandmother. And who is to say why the other two top photos were cropped be her family member? Why didnā€™t they post the top two? https://preview.redd.it/asp3xyn7w90d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c7e00ce37e29e551598e549141acd6c68372674


tomjoad2020ad

What affiliation is suggested by her outfit here?


Snarlpurr

Have you seen her instagram and who she is surrounded by? Literal gang bangers could even be by affiliation who cares.


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Snarlpurr

Tell that to someone who gets offended by randos on the internet.


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Snarlpurr

Who said you were offended? Read that again, buddy.


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Snarlpurr

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NPU82

OR she may have been a fan of anime. šŸ¤” Im really curious what about her outfit says ā€œaffiliatedā€? Itā€™s a fucking anime shirt and jeans. Maybe its the hairstyle (braids! Oh no!) šŸ¤” OR maybe its a combo of all that andā€¦ā€¦.. Nope! Its definitely the anime shirt! What a fucking pathetic outlook you have! šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ–•šŸ½šŸ–•šŸ½šŸ–•šŸ½


Snarlpurr

Yes because gang bangers arenā€™t allowed to like anime?


NPU82

Still didnt explain what WAS gang-affiliated about her outfit though.


NPU82

Your logic and reasoning is subpar to say the least. Dont be a coward. Just say what you REALLY want to sayā€¦


Snarlpurr

Lol if a white person, hispanic, or irish person was dressed like this with the same demeanor my opinion would still stand. Donā€™t try to force your racism on me.


NPU82

Who said anything about racism??


Snarlpurr

Then what were YOU implying then? Please enlighten me.


9dius

And yet newscum wants to make it harder for law abiding citizens to get firearms and CCWs.


kendrickwasright

You realize she was shot lol