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Officer Involved in a Shooting in Belmont Heights

LONG BEACH — An officer-involved shooting took place at about 6 p.m. Oct. 21, on the 200 block of Park Avenue, within the BelmontHeights neighborhood of Long Beach.              

Officials said armed suspect, 49-year-old Greg Treadway, was in violation of a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend, when he broke into a garage and retrieved the handgun. Treadway proceeded to point the gun at the Long Beach Police Department officer. The officer fired.

Treadway is in stable condition with a gunshot wound in the upper torso. The officer was not injured.

Treatway has been booked on attempted murder, assault against a police officer with a firearm, burglary, and violation of a restraining order.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office will conduct an investigation of the shooting

Details: (800) 222-8477; www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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