Man Has Gun In His Hand And Gets Fatally Shot Several Times By Long Beach Police Department

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Family identified the deceased man as Anthony Loia, a 26-year-old father of two who was shot by police on Feb. 6 near the area of Magnolia Avenue and 14th Street, which is about a mile north of Long Beach Police Department’s downtown headquarters. Coroner’s officials have since formally identified the slain man as Loia, a resident of Corona.

“He loved his family so much. He had a smile that could light up a room,” his sister Raina Menezes said through tears at Saturday’s vigil. “He loved his kids so much, all he wanted to do was just be a good father.”

On the night of the shooting, police allege that Loia was walking in the area by Seaside Park, pointing a gun at people and passing cars around 9:15 p.m., according to a Long Beach Police Department news release following the incident.

According to LBPD, officers commanded Loia to drop the gun but he refused, and at least one officer opened fire. They rendered aid until the arrival of city Fire Department crews, who pronounced the Loia dead at the scene, police said.

Long Beach police noted in their previous news release that officers were quick to respond to the call about the man armed with a gun in part because it was in a neighborhood that’s seen a spate of violence recently. Since Jan 1, there had been five shootings in a five-block radius, the LBPD said.

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