17-Year-Old Stabbed in Burbank Gang Dispute
A 17-year-old Burbank boy was in extremely critical condition Friday after he was stabbed several times during a gang dispute, Burbank police said.
The boy, whose name was not released, was found collapsed in the street in the 1600 block of Edison Road at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sgt. Don Goldberg said. He was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center, where he underwent surgery to remove one lung and was in the intensive care unit Friday, Goldberg said.
Witnesses told investigators that the teen-ager had been stabbed during a street fight and staggered about a block before collapsing, Goldberg said.
“It is definitely a gang-related stabbing,” Goldberg said. “It appears the young man got into a verbal altercation with several members from an opposing gang and then was stabbed several times in the back.”
Goldberg said detectives had no suspects, and the identity of the assailants’ gang was not known.
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