Last week's release of an artist's rendering of a getaway vehicle used in a gang shooting prompted witnesses to provide police with a detailed suspect description and partial license plate number, police said Monday.
The Long Beach Police Department released a sketch of an older model SUV on Thursday in the hope that it would help them solve two gang shootings linked via ballistic evidence.
The first, which occurred in the late afternoon of Jan. 17, resulted in two men and a woman getting shot at a barbecue in the courtyard of an apartment building in the 2200 block of Pine Avenue.
The shooter, described as a chubby Hispanic in his 30s, appeared to target a 26-year-old male Hispanic at the barbecue.
The 26-year-old victim was one of the three people hit, the other two victims are a 57-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man who was shielding his 4-year-old son from the onslaught of gunfire.
All of the victims are expected to survive, police said.
The shooting was carried out in a brazen fashion at 4:30 p.m. with numerous people in the area, police said last week.
The gunman was described as about 5 feet, 6 inches, to 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a medium build and moustache.
He was wearing dark clothing and a dark hat and was seen getting out of a white SUV prior to the shooting, police said.
Several witnesses reported seeing the SUV circling the area prior to the shooting. The SUV parked facing west on 23rd Street, east of Pine Avenue, when the suspect got out of the SUV and walked towards the family barbecue.
After the shooting, witnesses said, the suspect ran to the SUV and got in the passenger side before the SUV sped off.
The vehicle is described as a "full-size older model square-shaped SUV."
No other distinguishing features were described, police said.
The incident has been linked to another shooting, which occurred on Feb. 11, in the area of 11th Street and Myrtle Avenue, police said.
In the February shooting, a group of male blacks were seen chasing a group of male Hispanics on foot when a bluish-gray, older model square SUV with primer spots pulled alongside the group of Hispanics and the driver was seen handing a gun out the window to one of the male Hispanics, police said.
That person then turned and shot at the group of black males.
No one was hit by gunfire and the group of black males left the area prior to officers arriving on scene, police said.
Ballistic evidence recovered at the two scenes linked the shootings, police said.
With last week's release of a sketch of the suspects' SUV, investigators received more tips from witnesses, including a partial license plate number of "6K," said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Witness descriptions of the suspect also helped police put together a composite sketch of the shooter, Pratt said.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of the person or people responsible for the shootings, police said.
Anyone with information about the shootings is urged to call LBPD Gang Enforcement Detective Bobby Anguiano at <MC>562-570-7370<MC>.
The Long Beach Police Department released a sketch of an older model SUV on Thursday in the hope that it would help them solve two gang shootings linked via ballistic evidence.
The first, which occurred in the late afternoon of Jan. 17, resulted in two men and a woman getting shot at a barbecue in the courtyard of an apartment building in the 2200 block of Pine Avenue.
The shooter, described as a chubby Hispanic in his 30s, appeared to target a 26-year-old male Hispanic at the barbecue.
The 26-year-old victim was one of the three people hit, the other two victims are a 57-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man who was shielding his 4-year-old son from the onslaught of gunfire.
All of the victims are expected to survive, police said.
The shooting was carried out in a brazen fashion at 4:30 p.m. with numerous people in the area, police said last week.
The gunman was described as about 5 feet, 6 inches, to 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a medium build and moustache.
He was wearing dark clothing and a dark hat and was seen getting out of a white SUV prior to the shooting, police said.
Several witnesses reported seeing the SUV circling the area prior to the shooting. The SUV parked facing west on 23rd Street, east of Pine Avenue, when the suspect got out of the SUV and walked towards the family barbecue.
After the shooting, witnesses said, the suspect ran to the SUV and got in the passenger side before the SUV sped off.
The vehicle is described as a "full-size older model square-shaped SUV."
No other distinguishing features were described, police said.
The incident has been linked to another shooting, which occurred on Feb. 11, in the area of 11th Street and Myrtle Avenue, police said.
In the February shooting, a group of male blacks were seen chasing a group of male Hispanics on foot when a bluish-gray, older model square SUV with primer spots pulled alongside the group of Hispanics and the driver was seen handing a gun out the window to one of the male Hispanics, police said.
That person then turned and shot at the group of black males.
No one was hit by gunfire and the group of black males left the area prior to officers arriving on scene, police said.
Ballistic evidence recovered at the two scenes linked the shootings, police said.
With last week's release of a sketch of the suspects' SUV, investigators received more tips from witnesses, including a partial license plate number of "6K," said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Witness descriptions of the suspect also helped police put together a composite sketch of the shooter, Pratt said.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of the person or people responsible for the shootings, police said.
Anyone with information about the shootings is urged to call LBPD Gang Enforcement Detective Bobby Anguiano at <MC>562-570-7370<MC>.
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