{"id":273458,"date":"2026-04-18T00:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273458\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:53:08","slug":"man-attacks-police-officer-with-a-rock-in-downtown-long-beach-witness-says-long-beach-post-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273458\/","title":{"rendered":"Man attacks police officer with a rock in downtown Long Beach, witness says \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A police officer was injured in a scuffle with a man this afternoon in downtown Long Beach, prompting a large police response blocks away from the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.<\/p>\n

The incident began around 2:45 p.m. near the intersection of First Street and Pacific Avenue.<\/p>\n

A woman who saw it unfold said a man was arguing with a group of younger men and \u201clooking like they were about to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"A Long Beach police officer ties off the crime scene after a fellow officer was injured during a scuffle in Long Beach on Friday, April 17, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n

Officers arrived and attempted to calm down the situation, but one of the men attacked an officer, hitting him over the head with what appeared to be a rock wrapped in a metal chain, the woman said.<\/p>\n

One officer was taken to a hospital for treatment of what appeared to be a cut to his forehead, according to multiple witnesses at the scene.<\/p>\n

The suspected attacker was detained near the intersection and also taken to a hospital for treatment. No details about the man were immediately available.<\/p>\n

The scuffle prompted a rapid police response, with at least a dozen police cars at the scene blocking off nearby streets.<\/p>\n

\"\"A large police presence responded to an incident where an officer was injured during a scuffle in Long Beach on Friday, April 17, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n

The Grand Prix, which runs Friday through Sunday, is among Long Beach\u2019s biggest events all year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A police officer was injured in a scuffle with a man this afternoon in downtown Long Beach, prompting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-273458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","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\/273458","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=273458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}