An officer-involved shooting occurred outside PCC campus at Orange Ave. near Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Long Beach on Monday, March 30.
According to Long Beach Police Department Sergeant Rudy Garcia, officers were dispatched at 2:00 p.m. to the scene at 1940 Lemon Ave. following a shooting.
When LBPD arrived at the scene, an officer found the suspect on a bicycle at the 1200 block of Leigh Ct.
As LBPD officers attempted to detain the suspect, they fled on foot and officers chased them.
The suspect refused to comply, took out a gun and fired at the officers multiple times.
“The suspect sustained critical but stable injuries with gunshot wounds in the upper torso and no officers are injured during the shooting,” Sgt. Garcia said
The weapon was found on scene and LBPD have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Long Beach native Robert Welch.
According to LBPD Sgt. Garcia, there is currently an ongoing investigation of this case.