LOS ANGELES, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were wounded after being stabbed early Saturday morning in Los Angeles, the biggest city on the West Coast of the United States, local media reported.
The incident occurred at about 2:15 a.m. local time in downtown Los Angeles after a confrontation between two groups of men escalated into a fight, reported KABC-TV citing a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
The fight erupted near the intersection of 7th Street and Broadway and resulted in six people being transported to the hospital, police said. The severity of their injuries is unknown.
An unidentified 20-year-old male suspect was arrested at the scene, police said.
It was unclear what sparked the melee, but officers did not believe the incident was gang related, Los Angeles police Officer J. Chavez said.
“I don’t know what started it or if they knew each other,” Chavez said.
The two groups started fighting and one man pulled a knife and slashed several of the other victims, he said.
Video obtained by KTLA-TV shows multiple people being loaded into ambulances near the intersection. One man appeared to have a deep cut on his face and was holding a cloth to slow the bleeding.
Another video shows multiple men and one woman blocking traffic, while wrestling and punching each other in the middle of the street. At one point a man in a gray sweatshirt appears to take a knife and lunge at another man as he’s being led away. — NNN-AGENCIES
