At least one person shot during Long Beach bank robbery; suspect reportedly in custody [Updated]
At least one person was shot during a bank robbery in Long Beach on Friday morning.
The shooting occurred at the 2300 block of Bellflower Bouelvard at the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Long Beach police confirmed a bank robbery occurred there but provided no further details.
KTLA News reported that the suspect appeared to be in custody and that the shooting occurred in the bank.
The bank is in a major Long Beach shopping district near a Target, Trader Joe's market and a Sears store. Streets were blocked off in the area.
--Ann M. Simmons
[For the record, 12:10 p.m.: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that there is a Whole Foods market in the shopping district.]
Photo: Scene at bank robbery in Long Beach. Credit: KTLA News.
EDITOR'S PICKS:
The shopping district is the Los Altos Market Center and has a Bristol Farms and Trader Joe's (not Whole Foods, which is in a different center about 3 miles away from this F&M Bank location).
Posted by: David in Long Beach | March 05, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Wow I use to work at that bank as well as the one on 2nd Street and also Anaheim St. That location on Bellflower and the one on LB BLVD always seemed to get hit the most.
Brett Shepherd
Atlanta
Posted by: BRETT SHEPHERD | March 05, 2010 at 12:14 PM
Dave, What does Trader Joe's have to do with with 3 people shot in a bank?,
thanks for input.
Posted by: mike | March 05, 2010 at 07:15 PM