On August 18, 2024, at approximately 6:58 a.m., Long Beach police officers responded to a call in the 600 block of East South Street, where they found 43-year-old Ali Jabbaar Phannix unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Phannix, who was experiencing homelessness, was pronounced dead at the scene by Long Beach Fire Department personnel.
Following a two-month investigation, detectives identified Hector Perez, a 32-year-old resident of Lynwood, as the suspect in Ph
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