James Lopez, 39, of Bell, California, was shot and killed on January 16, 2022, in Long Beach. The shooting happened about 10:15 p.m. at a business near the 1900 block of Willow Street, where Lopez worked. He and a customer, identified as 33-year-old Salvador Rivera of Wilmington, got into a verbal argument that escalated; Rivera fired multiple shots, striking Lopez in the upper body. Officers and the Long Beach Fire Department performed life-saving measures but Lopez died at a local hospital.

Long Beach Police detectives from the Special Investigations Division developed evidence linking Rivera to the shooting. On January 21, 2022, Rivera was arrested during a traffic stop in Chino and was charged with one count of murder; he was held in the Long Beach City Jail on $2,000,000 bail and was awaiting arraignment on February 15, 2022.

If anyone has information about the incident or knew Lopez at the business on Willow Street that night, please share what you know.