Suspect identified in stabbing at Huntington Beach mobile home park

A 38-year-old man was arrested early Monday on suspicion of attempted murder in the stabbing of another man hours earlier at a Huntington Beach mobile home park.

Clifford Barnett Haines of Huntington Beach was arrested shortly after 3 a.m., police said.

Huntington Beach police responded to Huntington Mobile Estates, 7652 Garfield Ave., at about 10 p.m. Sunday after receiving a call about an assault, police said.

According to neighbors, the victim, whom authorities did not identify, was stabbed in the stomach and called 911 as he propped himself against a concrete wall near homes. He was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.

Heather Cleland, who lives in the mobile home park, said she heard tires squealing and walked outside to find the man leaning against the wall a few homes away from hers. Police quickly arrived and canvassed the neighborhood, she said.

At about 2 a.m., Cleland said, she and her husband heard police calling for someone in one of the homes to surrender.

“They were yelling trying to get the guy out of the house,” she said. “It’s usually super quiet around here. Nothing like this happens.”

Late Monday morning, detectives were in front of a tan-colored mobile home near the park’s basketball courts. A woman was sitting on the porch in a lawn chair, and a man wrapped in a blanket was trying to sleep in another chair as police appeared to be searching the home.

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UPDATES:

5:10 p.m.: This article was updated with the suspect’s identity and additional details.

This article was originally published at 9 a.m.