The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is seeking the community’s assistance in a murder investigation that arose from a tragic shooting last year; LBPD detectives have publicly released a video still of a person of interest in connection with the crime. The incident, which took place on June 27, 2025, at approximately 7:54 p.m. in the 5400 block of Paramount Boulevard, led to the death of Dajion Hunter, a man found with a gunshot wound to his upper body, as previously reported by CBS News.
Authorities assert that Hunter was likely killed during a robbery attempt, according to the investigation’s findings, and Long Beach police are urging anyone with information about the suspect, a man who appears to be in his 20s or 30s and might regularly be seen around the Northpointe Apartments vicinity near the crime scene, wearing a light-blue or teal hat, a red shirt, a light-colored zip-up hoodie blue jeans, and black shoes he is a person of interest whose identification is crucial to resolving this case. Contact information for Detectives Michael Hubbard and Kelsey Myers has been disseminated, offering (562) 570-7244 as a direct line for potential leads or tips, and maintaining options for anonymous reporting through Los Angeles Crime Stoppers—by phone at (800) 222-8477, their website at lacrimestoppers.org, or the “P3 Tips” mobile app.
Further confirming the circumstances, the Long Beach government’s official press release explains the sequence of events wherein police officers arrived on the scene, offering medical aid to the victim until Long Beach Fire Department personnel took over, only to declare Hunter deceased. The release contains a description similar to that provided by CBS News, elaborating on the person of interest’s attire and frequented locations…