According to police, four stabbings were reported in Long Beach, California, over the weekend in a nine-hour period.
Long Beach police said the department has beefed up its presence after the stabbings that occurred Saturday night and early Sunday, according to City News Service.
“LBPD will have additional police presence today, including patrol officers and Neighborhood Safety Bicycle Team officers, to engage with residents and businesses,” the Long Beach Police Department said in a statement to Fox 11 on Sunday.
Saturday in the 2000 block of East Pacific Coast Highway, where police said an argument led to a fight in which a man was stabbed multiple times in the upper body. The suspects fled the scene before police arrived.
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Four stabbings were reported in Long Beach, California, over the weekend in a nine-hour period. (iStock)
The victim was hospitalized and is in stable condition.
The next stabbing was reported around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, when officers responded to the 5100 block of Second Street in Belmont Shore after two men were involved in a physical altercation that escalated. The suspect stabbed the victim in the upper body and the victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. Police said the suspect fled the scene before officers arrived.
Another attack occurred at around 2:20am, after which officers responded to a local hospital in relation to two victims who had been admitted to the facility for stab wounds.
The preliminary investigation revealed that two women were in a physical altercation in the 200 block of Pine Avenue in downtown with another woman who allegedly stabbed each victim in the upper body. The two victims are in stable condition.
The stabbings occurred between 6 p.m. on Saturday and 3 a.m. on Sunday. (iStock)
Officers investigated the area but could not find the crime scene.
Police said the fourth stabbing was reported around 3 a.m. in the 5100 block of Second Street. While this was the same location where the second stabbing occurred, police said the two attacks do not appear to be connected.
The victim was outside in a dispute with a group of women that escalated when a female suspect punched the victim before a second female suspect stabbed her in the upper body, police said. The victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
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Long Beach police said the department has beefed up its presence after the stabbings. (Getty Images)
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Information about the suspects and motive for the stabbing remains under investigation.
Anyone with information about any of the stabbings is asked to contact the police department.
