What started as a typical Thursday evening along East Seventh Street ended with a man stabbed and a woman in handcuffs near Long Beach's Rose Park neighborhood, according to police. The victim suffered a single upper-body wound, was treated at the scene by Long Beach Fire Department personnel, and declined transport to a hospital. Detectives say the investigation is still unfolding.
What Officers Say Happened
Officers were dispatched around 8:19 p.m. Thursday to the 3300 block of East Seventh Street at Coronado Avenue, according to MyNewsLA. A preliminary investigation found that an adult woman walked up to a man and stabbed him once in the upper body. Police say they quickly located and arrested a suspect near the scene. A knife was recovered nearby while paramedics treated the victim at the curb.
Separate Stabbing Reported Earlier In The Day
Local coverage places Thursday night's scene on the Bluff Heights-Rose Park border and notes it was not the only stabbing reported in the area that day. A separate argument earlier Thursday near Seventh Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue also escalated into a stabbing, according to Long Beach Watchdog. In that afternoon case, the victim reportedly drove himself to a hospital while the suspect took off before officers arrived.
Police Say Case Remains Active
Detectives are still gathering evidence and interviewing possible witnesses while the case remains active, MyNewsLA reports. As of Friday afternoon, the Long Beach Police Department had not released the arrested woman's name or announced any charges.
Where It Happened And Recent Context
The 3300 block of East Seventh Street sits along the edge of Long Beach's Rose Park historic district, an older residential neighborhood with small commercial corridors, according to the City of Long Beach. The city has seen other stabbing incidents this spring, including a fatal attack in early April that prompted a separate police investigation, NBC Los Angeles has reported.
