Jeremy Spears, 32, of Long Beach, was shot to death just after 1:39 a.m. on October 25, 2025, on the 100 block of La Verne Avenue in Belmont Shore after an altercation that began earlier at a nearby bar. Officers found him gravely wounded on the street between Second Street and Ocean Boulevard; despite lifesaving efforts he was pronounced dead at the scene. County authorities formally identified him two days later.

Neighbors and friends built a candlelit memorial along La Verne Avenue in the hours and days after the shooting, describing the tribute as immediate and impromptu in the quiet residential pocket that borders the busy Belmont Shore nightlife corridor. Homicide detectives said the confrontation spilled out onto the street after tensions at a bar, where a man drew a gun and opened fire before fleeing in a vehicle.

By October 26 detectives announced arrests. They named Jason Loving, 41, of Harbor City, as the suspected gunman; he was taken into custody in Compton and booked on suspicion of murder, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and violation of a restraining order, with bail set at $2 million.

Did anyone in the Belmont Shore area see the confrontation or the vehicle that left the scene?