Police Tuesday are investigating a stabbing in the East Village neighborhood of Long Beach.
Long Beach Police Department officers responded at approximately 7:06 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of East Broadway between Atlantic and Lime avenues regarding an assault with a deadly weapon. Officers found a victim suffering from non-life-threatening stab wounds and contacted Long Beach Fire Department personnel, who took the victim to a hospital, police said.
According to the preliminary investigation of the stabbing, the victim and the suspect, identified by police as Darien Robert Barrett, a 31-year-old resident of Long Beach, were involved in an altercation that escalated when Barrett stabbed the victim.
Officers arrested Barrett, who was booked for assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats, police said. His bail was set at $50,000 and the investigation remains ongoing.