Sprawling Downtown Fight Kills Man, Injures Another

A street fight that covered several downtown blocks has resulted in the stabbing of two men, one of whom died at an area hospital.

Police said Leobardo Martinez Carrasco, 23, of Alhambra in Los Angeles County suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead about 8:35 p.m. Friday at UC San Diego Medical Center.

The fight began about 20 minutes earlier on 11th Avenue between Broadway and C Street, where San Diego police were called to investigate an assault with a deadly weapon.

Bill Robinson, police spokesman, said officers found Carrasco lying on the street.

He said that while paramedics were taking Carrasco to the medical center, police received a call to respond to the intersection Broadway and 9th Avenue regarding a second stabbing victim.

They found Gabriel Baego, 25, of San Diego. He had been stabbed in the stomach. He was also taken to the medical center, where his condition Saturday was listed as serious.

Robinson said witnesses told police that the victims were first involved in an altercation with a group of people near Broadway and 12th Avenue. The incident then moved to Broadway and 11th Avenue, and witnesses saw two males and a female hurriedly leave the area in a taxi.

Taken Into Custody

Based on more information from witnesses, detectives went to the Las Flores Hotel on 4th Avenue and took two males and one female into custody.

After interviewing the suspects, homicide detectives arrested and booked Julio Manuel Ochoa, 20, of San Diego on suspicion of murder.