Dajuan Hardrick-Hunt, a 39-year-old Black male, was shot on the night of October 23, 2025, along the railroad right-of-way near the 5300 block of Cherry Avenue in Long Beach, California. Officers responded around 9:45 p.m. and found him with a gunshot wound to the upper body; lifesaving efforts continued as paramedics transported him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner later recorded the manner of death as homicide and the cause as a perforating gunshot wound of the chest, formally confirming his identity and the circumstances of his final hours.
In the immediate aftermath, detectives with the Long Beach Police Department canvassed the industrial corridor and appealed for tips while withholding additional investigative details. As of the latest official statements released on October 24, authorities had not announced any arrests or publicly identified a suspect or motive. Memorial pages and community posts acknowledged his death and situated it among a spate of shootings reported in the city around the same period, but they likewise offered no confirmed leads on who pulled the trigger. The investigation remains open, with police encouraging anyone who witnessed activity near Cherry Avenue that night to come forward.
