LONG BEACH — Police sought the public’s assistance Wednesday in locating a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Long Beach last summer.
The shooting occurred shortly before 8 p.m. June 27, 2025, in the 5400 block of Paramount Boulevard, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Responding officers found a man — later identified as Dajion Hunter, 34 — with a gunshot wound to his upper body. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said the killing may have stemmed from a robbery.
Homicide detectives on Wednesday released surveillance video taken moments before the shooting, showing a person walking in the area. The man has been named a person of interest police would like to interview.
The person was described as a man between 20 and 30 years old, wearing a light blue or teal hat, a red shirt, a light-colored hooded sweater, blue jeans and black shoes.
Police said detectives believe the man may have ties to the Northpointe Apartments in the 5400 block of Paramount Boulevard.
Anyone with additional information regarding the fatal shooting was urged to contact LBPD Homicide detectives Michael Hubbard or Kelsey Myers at 562-570-7244. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org