Elijah Brown, a 26-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, was shot on November 5, 2016, around 9:55 p.m. in the 2300 block of East Spaulding Street. Long Beach police found him with a gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead the next day at 1:20 p.m. The Los Angeles County coroner recorded the cause of death as a fatal gunshot wound.

Detectives linked Brown’s killing to another recent fatal shooting in Long Beach, that of 18-year-old Manuel Arechiga on November 1, 2016, and investigators examined both scenes and witness statements. On November 11, 2016, 36-year-old Jorge Omar Chavez was arrested in Long Beach and charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with two counts of murder, one count for each victim; Chavez was held without bail. Detectives continued to pursue leads and asked the public to contact them or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.

If anyone has information about Elijah Brown or the shootings on East Spaulding Street or East 9th Street, please contact the Long Beach Police Department.