{"id":142604,"date":"2026-01-21T04:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142604\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:23:26","slug":"murder-investigation-1600-block-of-gaviota-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142604\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder Investigation \u2013 1600 Block of Gaviota Avenue &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-tape.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image cwvlazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crime-tape.jpg\"  data- alt=\"\" title=\"crime tape\"\/><\/a>    <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Jan. 18, in the 1600 block of Gaviota Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>About 1:49 a.m., officers were on patrol when they heard multiple gunshots. They scanned the area and saw a white pick-up truck that had collided with a light pole and unoccupied parked car.<\/p>\n<p>Officers approached the pick-up truck and discovered that the male adult driver had sustained a gunshot wound. They rendered medical aid until Long Beach Fire personnel arrived on scene. Fire personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives responded to the scene. The preliminary investigation indicates the victim was inside the vehicle when he was shot. Suspect information and motive remain under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the decedent is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact homicide detectives Oscar Valenzuela and Jesus Espinoza at 562-570-7244 or anonymously at 800-222-8477,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacrimestoppers.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.lacrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Jan. 18, in the 1600 block of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[71551,40482,71552,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-142604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-gaviotaave","tag-longbeach","tag-investigaton","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142604","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=142604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}