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<\/p>\nLONG BEACH, Calif. \u2013 At least one person is dead after a shooting\u00a0in Long Beach amid the grand\u00a0opening of a\u00a0new\u00a0Marathon Burger, a franchise\u00a0envisioned by and later\u00a0launched to honor late rapper\u00a0Nipsey Hussle, officials with the Long Beach Police Department confirmed to KTLA.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to reports of a shooting involving multiple\u00a0victims\u00a0just after 3:30 p.m.\u00a0outside the grand opening of a new Marathon Burger near Broadway and Pine Avenue\u00a0the city\u2019s busy downtown corridor.<\/p>\n
Medical personnel\u00a0with the Long Beach Fire Department arrived and rushed three adult males in their 20\u2019s to the hospital, one of whom was in critical condition and\u00a0required\u00a0life saving\u00a0measures outside the restaurant.<\/p>\n
In an updated statement, Long Beach officials said that victim succumbed to his injuries at the\u00a0hospital.<\/p>\n
Details are\u00a0limited\u00a0and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0unclear exactly how the violence unfolded.\u00a0Police told KTLA that they are still investigating the motive and circumstances around the shooting.<\/p>\n
Tyerae\u00a0Bailey, who\u00a0witnessed\u00a0some of the ordeal,\u00a0told KTLA that about 50 to 60 people were waiting in line\u00a0outside Marathon Burgers when\u00a0all of\u00a0a\u00a0sudden, the crowd started running after shots rang out down the block.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was\u00a0literally chaos\u00a0for like 10 or 15 seconds. I ducked behind one of the little boards you take\u00a0photos\u00a0at\u00a0over\u00a0there,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cI only\u00a0heard\u00a0one gunshot.\u00a0That\u2019s actually what made me really lock in and take cover.<\/p>\n
In cellphone footage captured in the aftermath of the incident at least two people, a man and a woman, were seen in handcuffs while officers placed them in the back of separate\u00a0patrol cruisers.<\/p>\n
Police\u00a0appeared to be\u00a0trying to set up a perimeter around the scene while dozens of people, as well as motorists in the\u00a0area,\u00a0were looking on.<\/p>\n
In a nearby alleyway, firefighters were spotted loading one of the gunshot victims lying down on a gurney into an ambulance.<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (IG @Prezz_TY)<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (IG @Prezz_TY)<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (IG @Prezz_TY)<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (IG @Prezz_TY)<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (Citizen)<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (KTLA)<\/p>\n
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One was killed and two others injured after gunfire erupted outside the grand opening of the Nipsey Hussle-branded Marathon Burgers in Long Beach on March 1, 2026. (Citizen)<\/p>\n
Hussle, a Grammy Award winning\u00a0artist\u00a0whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, launched the music, fashion entertainment brand\u00a0Marathon<\/a>\u00a0in 2010, and was actively working to open more L.A. businesses when he was\u00a0shot and killed outside one of his stores<\/a>\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n His\u00a0older\u00a0brother and longtime collaborator \u201cBlacc Sam\u201d\u00a0Asghedom\u00a0ultimately launched\u00a0the first Marathon Burgers in the 7500 block of Melrose in L.A. to honor\u00a0Hussle\u2019s legacy as an artist, community activist and an entrepreneur in March 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was always talking about branding, like, \u2018We need a Marathon Water, we\u00a0need a Marathon Burger,\u2019\u201d Hussle\u2019s older brother\u00a0told the\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/a>\u00a0at the opening of the L.A.\u00a0location.\u00a0\u201cThis\u00a0is\u00a0definitely Nip\u2019s\u00a0vision and imprint. I know he would have been like, \u2018Yeah, this is perfect.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Fugitive Hollywood piano instructor sexually abused teen student for years <\/a><\/p>\n Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson participated in Sunday\u2019s red ribbon cutting, the\u00a0burger\u00a0chain\u2019s third location after a second one\u00a0opened last year in\u00a0Venice. The grand opening was also attended by Snoop Dogg and YG, though\u00a0TMZ reported<\/a>\u00a0that both rappers left long before the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n Asghedom attended the event as well, though\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0unclear if he was at the restaurant when the gunfire broke out.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Marathon Burgers told KTLA in a statement that the shooting was not connected to the grand opening event.<\/p>\n \u201cThe opening was a huge success with strong community support. The incident being reported was NOT connected to our event or even within our block party. The opening itself proceeded safely and without issue. The restaurant remains open and customers are still flowing in and out,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n As for Nipsey Hussle, was memorialized at another event just this weekend. On Saturday the Los Angeles intersection of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard was adorned with a new sign noting that the area is now also known as \u201cNipsey Hussle Square.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you knew what Nipsey Hussle stood for and know what the brand Marathon Burgers has stood for since it\u2019s been opened, you would hope that this would bring the community together\u00a0for us to have our spot,\u201d\u00a0Bailey told KTLA. \u201cLet\u2019s\u00a0not let this situation discredit anything good that happened today. A lot of\u00a0good\u00a0happened today, but hopefully we learn from this\u00a0lesson and move forward as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n KTLA Assignment Editor Vanessa Garcia contributed to this report. <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n