Crime & Safety

Woman Shot to Death in Long Beach

Among the few details: the victim may have been attending a baptism, according to one report.

A woman was shot to death in Long Beach, police said early Sunday.

The shooting in the 6400 block of Atlantic Avenue, not far from Jordan High School, occurred about 10:35 p.m. Saturday, Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said.

No other information was made available by police, but a videographer at the scene said the shooting happened at a party after a baptism, and that the shooter may have been the father of the child baptized.

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The location is in North Long Beach, about 11 miles away from the Belmont Pier.

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