The Aug. 1 attack occurred in the 1800 block of Long Beach Boulevard, where officers responding to a report of a man with a gun found an adult male victim who appeared to have been assaulted, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
The victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. Police located 49-year-old Zetty Jerome Welch at the time of the incident and arrested him on suspicion of battery causing serious bodily injury. Welch was described by police as a person experiencing homelessness.