Suspect arrested after deadly Long Beach shooting

Long Beach police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead early Friday morning. 

It happened at around 1 a.m. in the 700 block of Magnolia Avenue, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department. 

Arriving officers found one victim, since identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as 38-year-old Ali Darren Muhammad Azim, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics.

Police say that the suspect or suspects wanted in connection with the incident had already fled from the area by the time they arrived. 

"The motive and the circumstances of the incident are under investigation," the release said. 

On Wednesday, August 5, police said that a suspect had been taken into custody. 

Long Beach resident Lefulefu Kaio Pasa Jr., 29, was arrested early Wednesday when LBPD SWAT officers executed a search warrant in the 600 block of Cedar Avenue, an updated news release said. 

He was booked for murder and his bail was set at $2 million, police said, noting that the case would be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for filing consideration.

Anyone who knows more was asked to contact LBPD Homicide Detectives Reyes and Temblador at 562-570-7244.