At least one person is dead after a shooting in Long Beach amid the grand opening of a new Marathon Burger, a franchise envisioned by and later launched to honor late rapper Nipsey Hussle, officials with the Long Beach Police Department confirmed to KTLA.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting involving multiple victims just after 3:30 p.m. outside the grand opening of a new Marathon Burger near Broadway and Pine Avenue the city’s busy downtown corridor.
Medical personnel with the Long Beach Fire Department arrived and rushed three adult males in their 20’s to the hospital, one of whom was in critical condition and required life saving measures outside the restaurant.
In an updated statement, Long Beach officials said that victim succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
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