{"id":396099,"date":"2026-07-13T00:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/396099\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:20:09","slug":"off-duty-officer-shoots-at-robbers-in-bixby-knolls-area-long-beach-police-say-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/396099\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty officer shoots at robbers in Bixby Knolls area, Long Beach police say \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"

An off-duty police officer shot at men who robbed him in the Bixby Knolls area Sunday afternoon, according to the Long Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n

In a statement, police said the robbery happened around 1:30 p.m. near Bixby Road and Orange Avenue.<\/p>\n

Police said the officer \u201cwas approached by a male suspect who pointed what is believed to be a firearm at him while another male suspect robbed him. The off-duty officer fired shots towards the suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police said they don\u2019t know if the robbers were hit by the gunfire, and they fled. The officer was not hurt.<\/p>\n

No further information was immediately available and police say they\u2019re still investigating.<\/p>\n

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Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he\u2019s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a> or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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