LB Shooting Leaves Teen Boy Wounded

Police Thursday are investigating a shooting that left a teenage boy wounded after a physical altercation near the Hellman Street neighborhood in Long Beach.

Long Beach Police Department officers responded at 8:33 p.m. Tuesday to the area near Seventh Street and Cherry Avenue regarding a shots fired call. When they arrived, the officers learned the teen and a group of suspects were involved in an altercation, and at some point one of the suspects drew a gun and shot the victim, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his lower body…

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