Last night, the Long Beach Police Department was kept busy with two stabbings, a call reporting shots fired, and a deadly traffic accident that ended in tragedy. Details are still emerging as investigations continue into each of these separate, violent events that have shook the community in less than a span of six hours.
According to an LBPD statement, the first stabbing occurred around 5:43 p.m. on the 6000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. The victim, while seated in his car, was confronted and stabbed by an unidentified male. The suspect managed to escape before officers arrived on scene. Thankfully, the victim's wounds were deemed non-life-threatening after being tended to by the Long Beach Fire Department's medical personnel.
The evening's second stabbing, reported at about 9:08 p.m, was the result of a dispute between neighbors on the 800 block of Cerritos Avenue. The altercation escalated to violence, with one neighbor ending up transported to the hospital for treatment. The assailant, however, remains at large as police continue their search.
Later that night, at approximately 11:13 p.m., a shots call came from the 2600 block of Caspian Avenue. Officers who responded found evidence of a shooting, although there were no reported injuries. As with the second stabbing, details are scant and the motives and identifies of anyone involved have yet to be uncovered by ongoing investigations.
