Jordan Mosby, 19, described by the county medical examiner as Hispanic/Latino and Black and a resident of Atwater, was shot and killed late on May 27, 2025, in Long Beach. Officers responded just before 11 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the 200 block of East Pacific Coast Highway near Locust Avenue and found Mosby on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The county listed the manner of death as homicide, with the cause a gunshot wound to the head.

Detectives opened a murder investigation, canvassed the Washington neighborhood for witnesses and evidence, and pieced together a timeline that placed the shooting shortly before 11 p.m. The Gun Violence Archive logged the incident at the same block. On June 23, 2025, detectives identified and re-booked 19-year-old Deriana Cole of Compton on suspicion of murder; she was already in custody on an unrelated matter and bail was set at $2,000,000 while the case was prepared for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Authorities said the motive remained under investigation and no other suspects were publicly named.

Does anyone in the area recall seeing or hearing anything on East Pacific Coast Highway near Locust Avenue around 11 p.m. on May 27 that could help investigators?