In Long Beach, police reportedly shot and killed a person during an armed standoff, and a police officer also suffered a gunshot wound, according to multiple reports.
Details are limited and it’s unclear exactly how the violence unfolded, but Long Beach police officials said on X (formerly Twitter) that the shooting occurred near the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and East 52nd Street. He said officers were involved.
Long Beach Fire Department personnel were called to the scene around 5:45 p.m., public information officer Jack Crabtree confirmed to KTLA, adding that two patients required medical treatment.
One of the patients, possibly a police officer, was taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition, and the second was pronounced dead at the scene.
LBPD officers were spotted outside MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center, where the injured officers were reportedly taken, shortly after the ordeal came to a fatal conclusion.
One person was killed and another injured in a standoff outside a Long Beach church on November 19, 2024. (OnScene.TV) One person was killed and another injured in a standoff outside a Long Beach church on November 19, 2024. (OnScene.TV) On November 19, 2024, one person was killed and another injured in a standoff outside a Long Beach church. (OnScene.TV) One person is dead and another injured in a standoff outside a Long Beach church. November 19, 2024. (OnScene.TV) November 19, 2024 One person is killed and another injured in a standoff outside a Long Beach church. (KTLA) One person is dead and another injured in a standoff outside a church. November 19, 2024 at a church in Long Beach. (KTLA) One person was killed and another injured in a standoff outside a Long Beach church on November 19, 2024. (OnScene.TV) Standoff outside a church in Long Beach on November 19, 2024. (OnScene.TV)
Aerial footage captured by Sky5 shows Atlantic Avenue closed to traffic between 52nd Street and Market Street and a heavy police presence while detectives investigate. Ta.
Several evidence markers lined the street in close proximity to the police car.
Not far away, the bodies of the deceased lay on the steps of the Iglesia del Cristo Miel Church on Atlantic Avenue.
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One resident, Anthony Fresula, who spoke to photojournalists from video reporting service OnScene TV, said he walked into the area after hearing all the helicopter sounds.
“I witnessed [police] I talked to him a little bit, and I think his name was Francis, and I witnessed them say, “Francis, are you ready to surrender?” I saw him stand up. “Then I heard two shots ring out, and the next thing I know, more shots rang out,” he said. “The officers were on top of him, cleaned everything up, and then started CPR.”
This developing story will be updated as additional details become available.
