Homicide Report > Garrett Norris, 27 [Updated]
Garrett Norris, 27 [Updated]
Died April 4, 2009 at 7:04 p.m.
Garrett Norris, a 27-year-old white man, died after he was shot several times on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Spaulding Avenue and Temple Avenue in Long Beach, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
Norris, of Long Beach, was playing basketball when he realized two men were stealing some of his belongings, officials said. Norris chased the men to an alley, where they shot him in the torso.
Anyone with information is asked to call Long Beach Police Department Dets. Mark McGuire or Hugo Cortes at (562) 570-7244.
Update: A 15-year-old Long Beach boy was charged with murder and robbery Wednesday, April 22, for allegedly shooting Norris to death after stealing his iPod.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office is seeking to try the teenager, who was not identified because of his age, as an adult. He was arrested over the weekend. Authorities said a second suspect was arrested Wednesday but has not been charged. They described the shooting as gang-related.
[Update August 12: Norris' accused killer is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 26 at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center for a pretrial conference.]
— Anthony Pesce and Sarah Ardalani
- Neighborhood: Long Beach
- Age: 27
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Saturday
- Agency: Long Beach PD
- Race/Ethnicity: White
- Circumstance: Robbery
- Crime scene: Alley
Seven reader comments about Garrett Norris
Can the Times do a follow up on this case?
June 3, 2010 at 3:31 p.m.
What happened with the case, did the murderer get convicted and put away? Cold blood murder initiation rite, at the cost of a totally innocent guy loved by so many, it deserves to be brought to light what happened to the scum who did this.
July 16, 2010 at 11:54 a.m.
Two life's end over an IPOD! Greed and no manners led to this.. some kids think they are entitled to whatever they want! Then again this kid was obviously into a lot more than robbery since he had already graduated to a gun!
July 20, 2010 at 4:48 p.m.
LA Times, can we have an update on this crime? Has the suspect been tried? Thanks.
April 4, 2011 at 9:14 a.m.
I really wanna know what happened to Gary. Can someone please tell me? I miss him. He didn't deserve to die like this. I hope his killers are locked away forever.
Aug. 1, 2011 at 9:58 p.m.
HR,
Any updates on this case?
Feb. 29, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.
just one question.......do everyone in california have a gun. this person gets shot for this, and another gets shot for that, people stand in front of thier own home, and then all of a sudden here comes a shooter, ride a bike..watch out "oh my god here come a shooter"..damn, damn, damn i hate guns.
March 5, 2012 at 10:38 p.m.
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