LONG BEACH -- Police are investigating the shooting of a 21-year-old Long Beach man in North Long Beach late Wednesday.
Long Beach Police Department officers were called to the 6600 block of Orange Avenue at about 9:44 p.m. and found the victim, who was hit in the torso, said Lisa Massacani, a police department spokeswoman.
The victim was taken by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics to a local hospital and is expected to survive, according to police.
A notification put out by the Chief of Police's Office said the victim was shot once after he was confronted by the suspect.
The suspect, described only as an adult male black, fled on foot and remained at large Thursday, Massacani said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Gang Detail at 562-570-7370.
Long Beach Police Department officers were called to the 6600 block of Orange Avenue at about 9:44 p.m. and found the victim, who was hit in the torso, said Lisa Massacani, a police department spokeswoman.
The victim was taken by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics to a local hospital and is expected to survive, according to police.
A notification put out by the Chief of Police's Office said the victim was shot once after he was confronted by the suspect.
The suspect, described only as an adult male black, fled on foot and remained at large Thursday, Massacani said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Gang Detail at 562-570-7370.
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