Belmont Shore businesses demand new safety measures after deadly shooting

The Belmont Shore Business Association (BSBA) is calling on city officials to send more police, crack down on street-vending and noise problems, and better coordinate with business owners on Second Street after a deadly shooting on La Verne Avenue.

“I don’t think that there is one operator in The Shore that is content with the way things are right now,” said Matt Peterson, the BSBA president and co-owner of Legends Sports Bar.

Those frustrations came to a head recently in the wake of Oct. 25, when Long Beach resident Jeremy Spears, 32, was shot to death in the early morning hours after an altercation at a nearby bar…

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