Eric Mandivelle, 20

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Eric Mandivelle, 20, a black man, was shot at 1872 Locust Ave. in Long Beach and died at 2 a.m. Sunday, April 22. Long Beach officers responding to a shots-fired call, which came at 1:40 a.m., found him lying on the grass. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not a gang member. He worked at McDonald’s.

‘Soft-spoken and quiet-like,’ is how an acquaintance described him. ‘A little sharp guy who had his head on straight,’ said another. ‘He was not the type to be hanging out.’ At 20, he was on his own in life, getting by with a fast-food job and living in small apartment off an alley with his sister. At the North Long Beach McDonald’s, he took pains every day to greet an older Latina employee in Spanish. ‘He’d say, ‘hola! Como esta?’ she said, then began to cry. Anyone with any information, including anonymous tips, is asked to call Long Beach Det. Pat O’Dowd at (562) 570-7244. See: Dispatch