BREAKING! Long Beach, LA County: Shooting has the streets blocked off. Relative location of the shooting tonight in Shoreline Village.

The Long Beach Post is inquiring about a potential shooting incident at in the area of Ocean Boulevard and Shoreline Drive. Little details are known, but police are urging residents to avoid the area south of Ocean Boulevard.

This is a developing story.

UPDATE! Long Beach, LA County: At least 3 people shot, unknown if suspect was detained.

The area that is mostly closed off is the intersection of Shoreline Drive and Aquarium Way. If you are planing to head south in the 710 toward the Aquarium and Pike, don’t. Traffic is backed up.

Long Beach PD: LBPD is investigating a hit shooting that occurred in the downtown area. A media staging area has been established at Shoreline Drive and Aquarium Way.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva: Today LASD HQ joined Janicehl Hahn, Carla Gilhuys, Leila Nam, Daisy Lagasco, Jane Yim, City of Cerritos Mayor Naresh Solanki and members of the Asian community to speak out against hate crimes on the County of LA Asian population.

We never want to hear incidents like the one Cesar Echano endured.

Building a continuous dialogue with our community is key to learning about County of LA issues and safety concerns our citizens have.

LASD HQ is here 24/7 for you. Our Deputies are proactively working to keep our communities a safe place to work and live.

Special thanks to Lynda Johnson.