3 shot in Long Beach crime rampage that involved shootings, carjackings, kidnapping and ended in Carson hostage situation

A person turned a gun on himself after participating in a string of shootings and carjackings that started in Lengthy Seaside and ended at a Carson church with a kidnapped lady Friday evening, police stated.

The sequence of crimes all occurred inside a 15-minute time interval and concerned three gunshot victims and one suspect, a 29-year-old resident of Lengthy Seaside, in keeping with the Lengthy Seaside Police Division.

The rampage first unfolded round 7:15 p.m. when the suspect shot a person within the 200 block of E. 57th Road. The sufferer, who was wounded within the the higher physique, was later taken to a hospital in steady situation.

Subsequent, the identical suspect was concerned in one other taking pictures and carjacking close by.

The person shot at a lady, who was not struck by gunfire, after which proceeded to carjack her automobile and attempt to flee the realm, police stated.

However the automobile shut off and the suspect couldn’t use it.

Subsequent, one other taking pictures was reported within the 80 block of E. fifty fifth Road.

The identical suspect had shot a person within the higher physique. That particular person was additionally taken to a hospital in steady situation.

One other carjacking and taking pictures was then reported within the 100 block of E. fifty fifth Road, the place the identical man pointed a firearm at a lady and acquired in her automobile whereas she was nonetheless inside.

Throughout that carjacking, the gunman shot a bystander who suffered a graze wound to the higher physique, authorities stated.

“The suspect then kidnapped the feminine grownup carjacking sufferer, forcing her to drive her automobile with him as passenger away from the realm,” police instructed KTLA in an electronic mail.

Officers rapidly responded to the entire incidents and labored to trace down the suspect, who they finally discovered at a church within the 21600 block of Alameda Road within the metropolis of Carson.

At round 8:30 p.m., officers converged on the church and decided that the gunman was inside with the carjacking sufferer and several other different folks “who every had a relationship with the suspect,” police stated.

Officers arrange a fringe across the church and known as in a SWAT group.

Whereas SWAT was on the scene, the carjacking sufferer was in a position to get out of the constructing, unharmed, in keeping with police.

However the gunman stayed inside.

Police introduced a hostage negotiator, who tried to name the suspect and negotiate his peaceable give up.

However whereas making an attempt to “de-escalate the state of affairs,” SWAT heard gunshots.

They rushed into the constructing, the place they discovered the gunman with a self-inflicted gunshot wounds to his higher and decrease physique, police stated.

Paramedics instantly started to render assist to the person, who was taken to an area hospital and finally pronounced useless. He has not been recognized.

The opposite individuals who have been within the church have been discovered by SWAT, unhurt.

It stays unclear what triggered the sequence of shootings and carjackings. Police stated they’re nonetheless investigating the motive.

No additional particulars have been accessible.

Anybody with info is urged to contact Lengthy Seaside Police Murder Detectives Donald Collier or Leticia Gamboa at 562-570-7244.