20-year-old woman shot on Long Beach sidewalk, police said; Motive unknown • Long Beach Post News

Long Beach police say they are investigating the murder of a 20-year-old woman who was shot while walking near Paramount Boulevard and 57th Street.

Officers rushed to the scene around 10:07 p.m. Saturday after someone called police to report multiple gunshots and “a possible suspicious vehicle fleeing the scene,” Long Beach police said in a news release.

Police said the woman was shot in the upper and lower body. According to LBPD, she died at the scene. The agency identified her as Brooklyn Mack, a 20-year-old Long Beach resident.

The circumstances and motive of the killing are still under investigation, police said.

The crime scene was just around the corner from a parking lot where seven people were injured in a gang-related shooting a week earlier, police said.

Police gave no indication that the two incidents were related.

Authorities have not announced an arrest or released information about the suspects in either crime.

Gun violence has increased in Long Beach this year. Through the end of April, police responded to 114 shootings, compared to 105 during this period last year.

Police ask anyone with information about Mack’s death to contact investigators Ethan Shear or Chasen Contreras at 562-570-7244.