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Boy, 14, Hit With Stray Bullet in Long Beach
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Long Beach Police Department headquarters on Nov. 2, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
By City News Service
7/3/2023Updated: 7/3/2023

A 14-year-old boy was shot when a stray round went through a window frame at his Long Beach home on July 2, authorities said.

Officers were dispatched at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday to the 1500 block of West Burnett Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Police said an unknown suspect fired shots outside a home and fled the scene before police arrived.

Officers located evidence, including strike marks, indicating that a shooting had occurred. Paramedics rushed the boy to a hospital in stable condition. Authorities said he was hit in the lower body.

No motive or suspect information for the shooting were immediately available.

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