Police release more info on officer-involved shooting in Poly area

Long Beach police have identified the man arrested for his alleged coection with an officer-involved shooting Wednesday evening as a 28-year-old Bellflower resident.

Cory Boyce was booked at the Long Beach Jail on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a “prohibited possessor” with a firearm and residential burglary. He is being held without bail.

Police Thursday released the following account of what happened:

The shooting happened around 3:57 p.m. after officers saw a vehicle make a traffic violation in the 2100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, and tried to make a traffic stop. The driver stopped quickly, and Boyce exited the vehicle with a handgun in his hand and ran.

At one point he stopped ruing and tued toward officers with the gun in his hand, police said. An officer fired a shot but no one was struck. Boyce ran away again, still armed with the handgun, hopping over multiple fences.

The driver of the vehicle also fled the scene. Police set up a perimeter as they searched for both men.

Just before 5 p.m., officers assisting on the call saw an altercation on the porch of a residence in the 1000 block of E. 21st Street involving a man they believed could be Boyce.

Officers arrested the suspect and he was positively identified shortly after.

Police determined Boyce entered the residence through a side door and was immediately confronted by the occupants who were in fear for their safety. The altercation officers saw was a physical struggle to get Boyce out of the house.

The gun was later found by detectives within the area where he was last seen ruing, police said. Officers were also able to locate the vehicle and the driver in the 400 block of N. Willow Avenue in Compton.

The car was impounded and the driver was interviewed by detectives before being released.

This investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the department’s Homicide Detectives at 562-570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting http://www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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