{"id":148047,"date":"2026-01-24T18:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148047\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:11:07","slug":"shots-fired-at-street-takeover-in-north-long-beach-no-injuries-reported-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148047\/","title":{"rendered":"Shots fired at street takeover in North Long Beach; no injuries reported \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone fired gunshots at a street takeover last night in North Long Beach, but it\u2019s so far unclear why, authorities said. No injuries were reported, according to the Long Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers dispatched to the area of Victoria Street and Long Beach Boulevard at 3:10 a.m. Saturday were told while en route that gunshots were also heard in the area, according to a police statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence was collected,\u201d police said. \u201cThe suspect information and motive for the shooting are being investigated. The investigation is ongoing.\u201d No arrests were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Street takeovers, where drivers block off roadways to perform dangerous stunts \u2014 often in front of a crowd of spectators \u2014 have been a stubborn problem, especially in North Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials have tried to crack down on them, including passing a new law making it <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/illegal-promote-street-racing-sideshows-long-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a crime to promote the outlaw events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And last month, the CHP impounded dozens of vehicles after <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/crime\/street-race-arrest-chp-110-freeway-international-gateway-bridge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of racers took over local freeways<\/a>. Social media, an officer said, has made it easier than ever for word to spread about the gatherings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Someone fired gunshots at a street takeover last night in North Long Beach, but it\u2019s so far unclear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-148047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148047","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=148047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}