Double shooting in Long Beach leaves one dead, one wounded

A 20-year-old man was killed and another person was injured when gunfire erupted inside a Long Beach home on Thursday morning, police said.

Wylee Pritchett, of nearby Lakewood, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 4 a.m., according to a news release issued by the Long Beach Police Department.

Officers found Pritchett and another man suffering from gunshot wounds to the torso when they responded to a report of gunfire in the 6400 block of Coronado Avenue near Ramona Park, police said. Pritchett was pronounced dead by Long Beach firefighters a short time later, and the other man was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Police did not offer information about a motive in the slaying, but investigators do not believe the shooting was gang-related.

Outside the yellow home on Coronado Avenue on Thursday afternoon, there were no signs that a shooting had taken place hours earlier except for three candles placed on a curb.

A note read, “May God grant you peace! We love you. Tell Geron we said Hi! And we love him!”

A Long Beach police spokesman declined to say if the victims knew each other or answer additional questions about the shooting.

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