A man sitting in his parked car was injured after being shot Friday morning, Aug. 9, in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood in Long Beach.

Around 11:10 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at the 4500 block of Atlantic Avenue, police spokeswoman Shaunna Dandoy said. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his upper torso, who was shot while sitting in the car.

The Long Beach Fire Department responded and took the victim, in critical condition, to a hospital.

Long Beach police investigate after a man was shot in the upper torso while sitting in his car in the 4500 block of Atlantic Avenue Friday, Aug. 9. (Nathaniel Percy, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Long Beach police investigate after a man was shot in the upper torso while sitting in his car in the 4500 block of Atlantic Avenue Friday, Aug. 9. (Nathaniel Percy, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Long Beach police investigate after a man was shot in the upper torso while sitting in his car in the 4500 block of Atlantic Avenue Friday, Aug. 9. (Nathaniel Percy, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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About noon, investigators were inspecting a silver car parallel parked on the southbound side of Atlantic Avenue, just south of 45th Street. The shooting occurred across from the Bixby Knolls Center and in front of apartments and houses near the southbound lanes, which were closed off by police at 46th Street while they searched the vehicle and located witnesses.

Debris was seen in the southbound lanes just north of 45th Street, but it wasn’t immediately known if it was connected to the shooting.

It wasn’t immediately known if the suspect approached on foot or if he shot from another vehicle.

Gang detectives were investigating, Police Department spokeswoman Shaunna Dandoy said.