Johnny Akins, 49, of Long Beach, California, was shot in the early hours of August 22, 2019, inside an illegal gambling establishment on the 1500 block of West Pacific Coast Highway. An officer on routine patrol found a crowd on the sidewalk and discovered Akins with gunshot wounds to his upper and lower torso. Officers and Long Beach Fire Department medics provided life-saving care, but Akins died at a local hospital the following day.

The gambling site contained several illegal machines and evidence of the shooting. Witnesses at the scene dispersed and were uncooperative. Long Beach Homicide Detectives later identified 31-year-old Richard Quintana as a suspect; he was located in Arizona, taken into custody on a pre-existing Post Release Community Supervision warrant, and extradited to Long Beach where he was booked for murder and other warrants. Detectives also arrested 35-year-old Nancy Interiano on charges of accessory after the fact; she is accused of assisting Quintana’s travel to Arizona to evade arrest.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner is involved in determining the precise cause of death, and the Long Beach Police Department continues to investigate and seek additional witnesses. If anyone has information about the shooting, the gambling operation, or the people present that night, please share what is known.