ARTICLE: Long Beach police probe fatal shooting of 18-year-old

http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_13618800">LONG BEACH -- Police today were investigating the shooting death of an 18-year-old Long Beach man gunned down outside of an apartment complex.

The victim, identified by friends and family as Pablo Marquez, was shot at about 11 p.m. Wednesday in the 1800 block of Henderson Avenue just north of Pacific Coast Highway, police said. Marquez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not yet released suspect information or a possible motive for the shooting.

Friend Ivan Solares said Marquez had stepped outside to smoke a cigarette when he was shot by an unknown assailant. Marquez was the father of a 6-month-old girl named Samantha, family said. He had just turned 18 on Oct. 8.

"He was looking for work to support his daughter," Solares said. "He was a good friend and a caring person."

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Antionette Moore, who manages the apartment complex on the block where Marquez was shot, said the neighborhood is plagued by drug addicts, but shootings are rare. The incident occurred about two blocks south of the recently opened Wrigley Community Garden.

Residents there are now shaken.

"I don't even want my daughters going outside," she said. "We're all scared."

Man, 18 years old. Tragic.