An officer-involved shooting occurred outside PCC campus at Orange Ave. near Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Long Beach on Monday, March 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When LBPD arrived at the scene, an officer found the suspect on a bicycle at the 1200 block of Leigh Ct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As LBPD officers attempted to detain the suspect, they fled on foot and officers chased them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect refused to comply, took out a gun and fired at the officers multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe suspect sustained critical but stable injuries with gunshot wounds in the upper torso and no officers are injured during the shooting,\u201d Sgt. Garcia said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weapon was found on scene and LBPD have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Long Beach native Robert Welch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to LBPD Sgt. Garcia, there is currently an ongoing investigation of this case.
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