Man charged in August shooting that killed 2 men in Long Beach

LONG BEACH — Police Wednesday identified a 22-year-old felon arsenic the fishy successful a shooting successful Long Beach that near 2 men dead.

Officers were called astatine 12:15 a.m. Aug. 5 to the 100 artifact of East Anaheim Street, wherever they recovered 29-year-old Antonio Parra and 28-year-old Brian Gomez, some of Long Beach, with aggregate gunshot wounds to their precocious torsos, said Lt. Shaleana Benson of the Long Beach Police Department.

They were taken to a hospital, wherever they died of their wounds, Benson said.

The LBPD announced Wednesday that homicide detectives gathered capable grounds to place the shooter arsenic Efren Abril of Long Beach, who was being held successful an Orange County jailhouse connected unrelated charges.

“Detectives presented their lawsuit to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office resulting successful an apprehension warrant for 2 counts of murder, 1 number of ex-felon with a firearm and 1 number of ex-felon successful possession of unrecorded ammunition,” according to the LBPD.

Abril volition beryllium booked into the Long Beach City Jail and his bail connected the caller charges volition beryllium acceptable astatine $4.05 cardinal erstwhile helium is released from the custody of Orange County authorities.

Detectives were inactive investigating the motive for the shooting and bash not judge Abril knew the victims, constabulary said.