Homicide

Long Beach police make arrests for kidnapping, death of 3-week-old girl following shooting

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Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, left, confers with Mayor Robert Garcia after announcing the arrest of 4 people in connection with the death of 3-week-old Eliza De La Cruz in Long Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Giseleangelique Rene D'Milian, Anthony McCall, Todd Goudreaux and Charisse Shelton were arrested in the kidnapping and death of De La Cruz on Janary 3, 2015. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Scott Varley) MAGS OUT; NO SALES (The Associated Press)

Police Chief Robert Luna, at podium, speaks during a news conference in Long Beach, Calif., Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Luna described how Southern California authorities have arrested four people in a plot to kidnap two newborn babies. The plot ended with the death of a 3-week-old girl and the shooting and beating of the children’s mothers, police said Wednesday. At left is an image of baby Eliza Delacruz, who was snatched Jan. 3, 2015, in Long Beach by a gunman who wounded her parents and uncle, Luna said. Her body was found the next day in a trash bin near the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Gillian Flacccus) (The Associated Press)

Long Beach police have arrested several people for the death of a baby who was snatched after a shooting that wounded three people. The 3-week-old girl was later found dead in a trash bin.

Police plan to offer more details at a Wednesday afternoon news conference.

Eliza Delacruz was taken on Jan. 3 from a home on 51st Street. A man shot and wounded the girl's parents and uncle during the kidnapping.

Eliza's body was found the next day in a dumpster in Imperial Beach in San Diego County.

Authorities haven't suggested a motive for the attack.

However, police say two hours before the attack, a woman in a Range Rover followed a bus carrying the baby and her mother, then talked to the mother when they got off.