(Oct. 21, 2013, updated 2:58 p.m.) -- A man has been shot to death in the 2500 block of E. 10th St. The shooting occurred in the 11 p.m. hour on Monday.

[update] An LBPD release states: On Monday, October 21, 2013, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Long Beach Police responded to a shots fired call in the 2500 block of E. 10th Street, which resulted in the death of a male adult. Officers discovered 24-year-old Juan Estrada of Long Beach, on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. Officers rendered first-aid until Long Beach Fire Department personnel arrived and transported him to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased. A motive for the shooting is unknown, and the incident is being investigated as gang-related. Detectives are hoping someone with suspect information will come forward. Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to call Long Beach Police Homicide Detectives Teryl Hubert and Mark Bigel Guarino at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org. Perspective Residents of the neighborhood on 10th St. bordering the 2nd and 4th Council districts and adjacent areas have endured multiple shootings and murders (followed by police tape, blocked streets, often a helicopter overhead.). Blue X's (shootings with person hit) and Red X's (murders) cover period from Aug. 2011 Mayor/Manager FY12 budget release to date for neighborhood-impacting context.In Sept. 2009 (FY10), Sept. 2010 (FY11) and Sept. 2011 (FY12), city management and Mayor Foster proposed, and Council majorities approved, budgets that failed to fund replenishment police academy classes (required roughly every 12-18 months to regularly replace officers who retire or exit.) In 2011, Schipske, Gabelich and Neal proposed a budget alternative, funded by oil funds, which was opposed by the Mayor and voted down by his Council majority 3-6. As a result, LBPD levels fell significantly. Long Beach taxpaxpayers currently receive a police level (for routine citywide deployment, not counting contracted officers funded by/tied to the Port/Airport/LBTransit/LBCC/LBUSD) that is roughly equivalent per capita to what Los Angeles would have if L.A. cut LAPD officers by roughly 30%. In Aug. 2012, Mayor Foster proposed a FY13 budget that would have resulted in entirely defunding LBPD's 22 officer field anti-gang unit. In the Budget Oversight Committee, Councilmembers DeLong and Lowenthal recommended adding funds to provide some anti-gang field officers. At the full Council meeting, on motion by O'Donnell, the Council restored funding for a sum giving the Chief discretion to fund roughly half of the anti-gang officers (10 officers + 1 sergeant) in FY13. In August 2013, LBREPORT.com was first (again) to report that under intense questioning by Budget Oversight Committee chair DeLong and member Lowenthal, LBPD management revealed that LBPD at present only has roughly six or seven of the anti-gang officers (some had left or were transferred elsewhere.) (LBREPORT.com coverage, click here.) The Council's Public Safety Committee, chaired by Vice Mayor Robert Garcia, held no hearings on the public safety impacts of the Mayor/Manager proposed FY14 budget or FY13 budget. The FY14 Management/Mayor proposed budget indicated it would "maintain" LBPD's field anti-gang unit at its "present" level, meaning we presume roughly 6-7 anti-gang field officers (unless more officers have left or others have been restored) instead of the 22 field anti-gang officers LBPD previously had two years earlier. LBPD management has said anti-gang tasks are now handled by other officers using overtime. The Council adopted FY14 fundsg the second of two replenishment police academy classes; one will graduate in the coming weeks; the other will start in 2014. The two classes will roughly keep pace with annual retirements/exits, meaning they are expected to prevent additional officer losses but not increase LBPD police strength. The two Council representatives for the 2nd and 4th Council districts, Suja Lowenthal and Patrick O'Donnell, are both seeking higher office in the Sacramento Assembly. Vice Mayor Garcia, who represents the 1st district, is among the candidates for Mayor. Details coming on LBREPORT.com. View the discussion thread. blog comments powered by Disqus Follow LBReport.com w/

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