LAPD responds to two stabbings, unruly crowd near Crenshaw street festival
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- Los Angeles police investigated two stabbings reported Saturday near the Taste of Soul festival in South L.A. The victims were hospitalized, and their conditions were not immediately known.
- Hours later, police issued a citywide tactical alert after reports of more than 100 unruly young adults nearby. Organizers said the incidents were outside festival grounds and did not disrupt the event.
Two stabbings were reported Saturday near the Taste of Soul festival in South Los Angeles, authorities said.
Police received a call about 2:45 p.m. about two stabbings in the 4200 block of Crenshaw Boulevard, according to LAPD spokesperson Norma Eisenman. Responding officers found two victims who were “not cooperative” with officers and were transported to a hospital via the Los Angeles Fire Department, Eisenman added.
The condition of the victims was not immediately available.
It is unclear whether the incidents were related, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Hours later, authorities issued a tactical alert about 5:30 p.m. after a report of “more than 100 young adults being unruly” near Crenshaw and Martin Luther King boulevards, Eisenman said. The alert remained in effect for several hours and was lifted about 9:30 p.m.
Organizers behind Taste of Soul — an annual free street festival that celebrates African American food, music and culture — said the incidents occurred outside the festival grounds, according to ABC 7.
“Police activity happened on the outskirts of the event,” organizers told ABC 7. The incidents “did not impact operations” and the event “ended as planned.”
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