March set in Long Beach in memory of mother and daughter who were gunned down

A community march will be held Saturday night in Long Beach to remember a mother and her four-year-old daughter who were fatally shot last weekend as they walked home from the grocery store.

The Long Beach Love Your Community Walk is scheduled from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The walk, which will begin at 1157 Long Beach Boulevard, is being organized by Epic Strong, according to the gym’s Facebook page. The gym is a few blocks from where the shooting occurred.

Participants are being asked to wear white shirts and to burn white candles in a show of peace and harmony.

“In honor of Carina and Jennabel, let’s take a stand against the senseless violence that plagues our community,” according to a statement on the gym’s website. “We will walk hand-in-hand, as neighbors, friends … to commemorate this latest tragic loss of life.”

Long Beach police are still struggling to understand why someone would want to kill Carina Mancera, 26, and her daughter, Jennabel. The two were gunned down at the corner of Locust Avenue and 9th Street around 10:20 p.m. on Aug. 6, police have said.

The attacker also shot at Mancera’s boyfriend, Luis Anaya, police said. No motive has been offered for the attack, and investigators have not said if Mancera and her daughter were the targets of the shooting or killed in a random crime.

Police Chief Robert Luna said Friday that the grieving father has told police as much as he can, but cautioned that he may not remember much given the traumatic nature of the attack.

“If I can put you in his situation, for a minute, of being shot at and watching his girlfriend and daughter being murdered ... I don’t know how many of us would remember many details after that,” Luna said.

Long Beach officials and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are set to offer a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot and killed a mother and her 4-year-old daughter in a city intersection.

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