A Long Beach Polytechnic High School student was shot less than one block from campus on Tuesday morning, the school confirmed. In a letter sent to the school's community, Principal Dr. Alejandro Vega said the shooting occurred at about 10:15 a.m. on Atlantic Boulevard, just south of 15th Street.

LONG BEACH – Police are investigating a shooting following an altercation an Eastside neighborhood of Long Beach, the Long Beach Police Department said Saturday. Police were called to the 3200 block of East Anaheim Street and Obispo Avenue at 6:45 p.

A 16-year-old Long Beach Polytechnic High School student was hospitalized after he was shot Tuesday near campus. Officers responded at about 10:30 a.m. to the 500 block of New York Avenue, where they found the 16-year-old with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower body.

The Long Beach City Council is considering implementing a curfew for bars in the popular Belmont Shore area after a string of violence, including a deadly shooting last month.