{"id":126874,"date":"2026-01-09T17:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/126874\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:59:22","slug":"suspect-in-double-fatal-hit-and-run-linked-to-another-fatal-long-beach-crash-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/126874\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect In Double Fatal Hit-And-Run Linked To Another Fatal Long Beach Crash: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 A suspect arrested in a Sunday hit-and-run that left a man and woman dead is also accused of being a driver in a separate fatal crash months earlier, Long Beach police announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeach.gov\/police\/press-releases\/suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-two-fatal-hit-and-run-collisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ahkeyajahnique Owens, 24, of Long Beach<\/a>, was arrested after she turned herself in to police on Wednesday, the Long Beach Police Department said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing forensic evidence and video footage,\u201d police said their detectives identified one driver and a single car involved in a fatal crash from October and the hit-and-run earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Owens is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeach.gov\/police\/press-releases\/traffic-fatality---east-4th-street-and-bonito-avenue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">accused of hitting a bicyclist<\/a>, 35-year-old Raul Augustin Gallopa, near East 4th Street and Bonito Avenue on Oct. 6 as he tried to make a northbound turn, police said.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the crash, Owens remained at the scene and was arrested for reckless driving, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Owens is also accused of being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeach.gov\/police\/press-releases\/traffic-fatality---atlantic-avenue-and-6th-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">driver in a Sunday fatal hit-and-run<\/a> involving three cars at Sixth Street and Atlantic Avenue, police said.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived Sunday, they found an unresponsive female passenger of a Nissan lying on the roadway and an unresponsive male passenger on the sidewalk, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers tried to help the pair until Long Beach Fire Department rescuers arrived and declared them dead on scene, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office identified the two killed in the crash at Sixth Street and Atlantic Avenue as Bobbi Smith, 24, and Gilberto Lopez, 21.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of a Kia and the driver and front passenger of the Nissan were all taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Initial investigation showed that an orange 2021 BMW 330i was driving east down East 6th Street when it ran a red light and entered the intersection at Atlantic Avenue, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The BMW hit a Nissan Altima driving south on Atlantic Avenue through the intersection, then continued east and struck a black 2017 Kia Soul traveling north through the intersection, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>After the crash, the BMW&#8217;s driver fled, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Owens was booked into jail on a felony count of vehicular manslaughter stemming from the October 2025 traffic collision, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives presented the October case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office, police said, adding that detectives will present a separate case from the January hit-and-run to prosecutors next week.<\/p>\n<p>Owens is being held on $200,000 bail, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who may have seen either crash is asked to contact police at 562-570-7110<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 A suspect arrested in a Sunday hit-and-run that left a man and woman 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