A man died at a hospital late Monday night after being stabbed in Pomona, and as of Tuesday, investigators had not released any information about a motive, the circumstances of the attack, or a possible suspect. Pomona police officers responded to the hospital at about 10:55 p.m. Monday, where hospital staff pronounced the victim dead.
Police said the stabbing occurred near Monterey Avenue and Toby Way, according to MyNewsLA.com. Beyond confirming that the man died from his injuries after arriving at the hospital, authorities had not immediately released additional details about what led up to the stabbing.
No Motive or Suspect Identified
As of Tuesday, no information was immediately available regarding the motive, circumstances or suspects involved, per the same outlet's report. That leaves Pomona residents with little more than the basic outline of what happened: a man stabbed, a late-night hospital response, and a death confirmed by hospital staff.
The case echoes a separate Pomona stabbing from earlier this year that has since moved through the courts. That incident broke out near East 2nd Street and South Reservoir Street just after 1:30 a.m. on May 17, 2026, according to KTLA, with the victim later pronounced dead at a hospital. Prosecutors with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office have since charged a Diamond Bar man, Matthew Martinez, with murder in that case, though investigators have not provided a motive and have not said whether Martinez and the victim knew each other.
A City Watching Its Violent Crime Numbers
The fatal stabbing comes as Pomona continues to track its broader violent-crime trends. City data cited on a Pomona government crime-data page indicates that overall violent crime rose steadily from 2021 before showing early signs of stabilization in 2025, with homicides peaking at 18 in 2022, according to information posted by the City of Pomona. A separate city page states that general shootings declined 24% in 2024 compared with 2023 and fell another 9% in 2025, while gun homicides dropped 53% in 2024 and 14% more in 2025, with overall homicides down 25% in 2025.
Those figures are drawn from city-published summaries rather than an independently verified dataset, and should be read as the city's own characterization of its trend lines rather than a confirmed statistical record. Still, they offer context for a community that has seen multiple fatal stabbings in recent months.
No arrests have been announced in connection with Monday night's stabbing, and police have not indicated whether they are seeking a specific suspect. Anyone with additional details on the incident near Monterey Avenue and Toby Way has not been given a stated way to contact investigators in the information released so far.
