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Long Beach police Saturday were investigating the officer-involved shooting of a murder suspect who was critically wounded in the Wilmington area.
The shooting happened about midday Friday in the 1700 block of Marine Avenue where detectives had gone to arrest an “armed and dangerous” man wanted in connection with a Sept. 5 homicide, Sgt. Brad Johnson of the Long Beach Police Department said.
“Detectives located the suspect in a vehicle and when they moved in to affect an arrest he attempted flee in the vehicle, resulting in a collision with a detective’s vehicle,” Johnson said. “Immediately thereafter an officer involved shooting occurred. Two Long Beach detectives fired at the male adult suspect and he was hit by their gunfire…
“Detectives then immediately recovered a loaded firearm and an additional loaded magazine from the suspect and started rendering medical aid until LA City Fire Department personnel arrived. The suspect was subsequently transported to a local hospital and is listed in critical condition. No detectives were injured.”
The suspect’s name was being withheld “for investigative purposes,” the sergeant said.
The suspect’s crashed vehicle, with bullet holes in its door, was visible at the scene.
Residents of the area told reporters they heard about five gunshots.
The wounded man is a suspect in the Sept. 5 killing of Armando Amaya Jr., 21, of San Pedro, who was found dead in the 300 block of Hanjin Road in the Terminal Island area of Long Beach, the sergeant said.
— City News Service