Crime & Safety
Long Beach Stabbing Victim In Critical Condition, Suspect At Large
Authorities said the man is in critical but stable condition after the Tuesday night stabbing.
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LONG BEACH, CA — A man was in critical but stable condition Wednesday after a late-night stabbing in Long Beach, police said.
Police received a report of the stabbing at about 11:35 p.m. Tuesday night and were dispatched to the 100 block of West Artesia Boulevard. When officers arrived, they found a man who had stab wounds in his upper body.
Paramedics transported the man to the hospital in critical, but stable condition the Long Beach Police Department said.
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Preliminary investigation results suggest that the suspect was sitting in his car when the victim approached him with a knife. The suspect then left the car, also holding a knife, police said.
"The suspect and victim engaged in a physical altercation, which escalated when the suspect stabbed the victim," LBPD said in a statement.
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The suspect fled the scene before police arrived and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
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