Man killed in shooting this morning in Long Beach's Zaferia neighborhood

A man in his 40s was shot to death early Tuesday morning in Long Beach’s Zaferia neighborhood, according to authorities.

Officers responded to the 1600 block of Hile Avenue around 4:45 a.m. when they got a call about a shooting that had just happened and ended with someone lying in the street, police said.

When they arrived, officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, Long Beach police spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson said.

The man was unresponsive, according to police.

A Long Beach Fire Department crew determined the man was dead, Johnson said.

Police said the shooting is still under investigation, and it’s unclear at this point if it was gang-related.

No arrests have been made. The name of the victim was not released pending notification of next of kin.

The fatal shooting comes the day after police reported three, non-fatal shootings in the same area. Police said Monday two men were wounded in a trio of possibly gang-related shootings within the span of just more than 25 hours Sunday and Monday in Zaferia and Cambodia Town in Long Beach. Both victims in the earlier cases were expected survive.

It was not clear if the shootings were related.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story listed the wrong street name of where the shooting occurred. The story has been updated to reflect it was Hile Avenue, not Hill Avenue.