The man, who was shot Thursday night, would not tell investigators anything else about the shooting, authorities said.


Anthony Pignataro

Man shot somewhere in Long Beach, police say
File photo by Brandon Richardson

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Police say a shooting somewhere in Long Beach Thursday night left a man hospitalized.

Officers responded to a local hospital around 10:23 p.m. following reports that a man had been admitted with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his lower body, according to the LBPD.

The man told officers he had been shot in Long Beach but gave no additional information about the shooting, police said.

The motive and circumstances of the shooting as well as suspect information are under investigation, according to the LBPD.

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