2 Die in Skid Row Stabbings
Two men were fatally stabbed on skid row Tuesday in what appeared to be separate and unrelated incidents.
Police believe that the first man, in his mid-40s, was stabbed in the chest near 6th Street and Towne Avenue in downtown Los Angeles about 5:30 p.m. He walked about a block west, to the corner of 6th and Crocker streets, before he fell to the ground.
About four hours later, a passenger exiting a bus near Main Street and Olympic Boulevard saw a man on the ground bleeding and called paramedics. The man, in his mid-30s, was taken to California Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Los Angeles Police Capt. Jodi Wakefield said a preliminary identification had been made of the first man but the second man wasn’t carrying identification.
Last week, a 49-year-old woman was stomped to death on skid row, a case that officials said underscored the need to improve conditions in the district.
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