Long Beach police make arrest in February fatal shooting

A 20-year-old man from Anaheim has been charged with a February homicide close to Atlantic Avenue and Esther Avenue in Lengthy Seaside, police mentioned.

Sign Hill resident Nashon Wall, 31, was discovered unresponsive subsequent to his parked automobile at about 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, and regardless of lifesaving measures taken by Lengthy Seaside Police Division officers and the Lengthy Seaside Hearth Division, he succumbed to his gunshot wounds at a close-by hospital, police mentioned in a press launch.

A number of males approached Wall as he sat in his automobile, and not less than one among them opened fireplace earlier than the group fled, police mentioned.

Police recognized Saeed Wheeler, who was already in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division custody on an unrelated cost when an arrest warrant was issued for him within the February capturing, as a suspect.

Wheeler had been arrested by the Los Angeles Police Division on Feb. 24, jail data present, and he’s being held on the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic.

Along with his authentic cost, which jail data didn’t checklist, Wheeler will faces prices for homicide, possession of a firearm by a felon and illegal possession of ammunition, elevating his bail to $3.1 million, police mentioned.

“Detectives will proceed their efforts to make sure anybody else who participated on this crime is dropped at justice. The motive for the assault and whether or not a connection exists between the sufferer and suspect(s) stays beneath investigation,” the discharge added.

Anybody with data is requested to name Detectives Donald Collier or Leticia Gamboa at 562-570-7244.

Nameless suggestions could also be submitted by Crime Stoppers by calling 800-222-TIPS (8477) or by visiting lacrimestoppers.org.