A 49-year-old man now faces a murder charge after a man he allegedly shot last month died at a hospital almost a month later, authorities said.
The shooting took place on Aug. 1 in the 1800 block of Long Beach Boulevard, according to Long Beach police.
Officers found the man, who was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
At the time, officers arrested Zetty Jerome Welch, a homeless man, and booked him into jail on suspicion of battery with serious bodily injury, police said.
That charge was amended to murder after detectives learned on Monday, Aug. 31, the victim died from his injuries.
What led up to the alleged attack was unclear.