LONG BEACH – Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson continues to tout the safety of his City while people continue to either be stabbed or shot in the nearly 78 square mile city on a near daily basis.
Two men were stabbed over the weekend, in less than 24 hours.
A suspect was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing a man during a dispute in Long Beach, authorities said Sunday.
Officers dispatched at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday to a report of a stabbing in the 700 block of Cherry Avenue located a man suffering from stab wounds to his upper and lower body, the Long Beach Police Department reported.
The suspect was still at the scene.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the two males were involved in a dispute that escalated when the suspect stabbed the victim,” according to a police statement. “The suspect also sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his upper and lower body.”
Both the suspect and the victim were hospitalized.
Devan Soben Titus Leang, 18, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Long Beach city jail and his bail was set at $30,000.
Another man suffered non-life-threatening early Sunday morning, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Officers dispatched at 3:55 a.m. Saturday to the 3700 block of Pacific Place, just south of the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Wrigley Heights neighborhood, located a man suffering from wounds to the upper body, the Long Beach Police Department reported.
Paramedics rushed him to a hospital.
“The motive, circumstances of the stabbing, and suspect information are under investigation,” according to a police statement.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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