Police Search For Killer of Long Beach Man, 49

Police Search For Killer of Long Beach Man, 49

by Contributing Editor

Police were searching Friday for the person who fatally shot a 49-year-old man from Long Beach inside an illegal gambling operation.

The shooting took place about 1:05 a.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of West Pacific Coast Highway, according to Long Beach police. Officers on patrol noticed a group of people gathered together on the sidewalk at that location. A witness told an officer that a man had been shot in the chest, police said.

Officers started performing CPR on the victim, later identified as Johnny Akins, police reported. Paramedics then took Akins to a hospital, with what at the time were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.

However, on Friday police were told that Akins had died at the hospital, and homicide detectives then began an investigation.

Akins was believed to have been in a gambling establishment in the block where he was shot. Evidence of the shooting, along with several illegal gambling machines were found at the site of the shooting, police reported.

A motive for the shooting was unknown.

Anyone with information on this homicide was asked to call Long Beach police detectives at 562-570-7244. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

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