A 22-year-old Long Beach man has been charged with manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a crash after allegedly killing a 49-year-old woman in West Long Beach three months ago.
Prosecutors allege that Gustavo Sandoval was driving a white Toyota Tacoma pickup truck westbound on Ninth Avenue when he hit Heaven Hooper, who was walking outside of a crosswalk at about 3:55 a.m. on March 29, 2026, near Fashion Avenue.
The location is blocks away from the Long Beach Multi-Service Center, the primary intake facility for people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness…