{"id":125719,"date":"2026-01-08T22:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/125719\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:09:07","slug":"long-beach-poly-student-shot-near-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/125719\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Poly student shot near campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">LONG BEACH, Calif. &#8211; A high school student was injured in an off-campus shooting Thursday morning in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/long-beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Long Beach, <\/a>prompting an investigation and increased security at a nearby campus.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to the Long Beach Unified School District, the student, who attends Long Beach Polytechnic High School, was shot around 8:15 a.m. at the intersection of Long Beach Boulevard and 17th Street. This location is about two blocks away from the school&#8217;s campus at 1600 Atlantic Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Following the shooting, the student managed to arrive at school, where staff immediately rendered support and first aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Emergency responders were called to the scene, and the student was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In response to the shooting, school officials stated that the campus &#8220;remains safe.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">As a precautionary measure, school security maintained an increased presence on the campus throughout the day. Long Beach police were on-site and are leading the investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">While the district confirmed the student was injured, the exact extent of the student&#8217;s injuries was not immediately disclosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In a statement released Thursday, the school district expressed support for the injured student.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;Our thoughts are with the student and his family as they focus on recovery,&#8221; the district said.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Long Beach police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Authorities have not yet released information regarding a potential suspect or a motive for the shooting.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Long Beach Police Department as the investigation remains active.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information from the Long Beach Police Department and the Long Beach Unified School District.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/long-beach\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. &#8211; A high school student was injured in an off-campus shooting Thursday morning in Long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1184,2042,131,133,132,137,100,1181],"class_list":["post-125719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}