An altercation in Long Beach turned violent yesterday evening, with a man receiving a non-life-threatening stab wound. The Long Beach Police Department reported that officers were called to the scene at the 400 block of Shoreline Village Drive on Saturday, at around 7:29 p.m. A statement from the LBPD detailed that the incident stemmed from a verbal dispute between the victim and a suspect who remains unidentified.
Upon officers' arrival at the scene, they found the male victim with a wound to his upper body. The Long Beach Fire Department responded quickly, providing medical aid and transporting the injured man to a local hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition. Swinging an unknown object that left a wound in the man's upper body, the suspect fled on foot immediately following the stabbing.
The authorities are still piecing together the events that led to the stabbing. Details about the verbal argument preceding the attack or the description of the suspect have not been released to the public yet. The LBPD is conducting an ongoing investigation into the stabbing, as they work to identify and apprehend the perpetrator.
