Long Beach: Man, 27, shot in head

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Michael Simmons, a 27-year-old white man, was shot in the head on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, at Burnett Street and Pine Avenue in Long Beach, authorities said.

Long Beach police found Simmons with multiple wounds when they responded to a call of shots fired about 1:40 a.m. Witnesses told police that they heard a car leaving the scene after the gunfire.

Simmons was taken to a hospital, where he died later that day, police said.

-- Anthony Pesce