LOCAL : 1 Killed, 1 Hurt in Knife Fight
A knife fight inside a Northridge apartment this morning left one man dead, a woman injured and another man being sought by authorities, the Los Angeles police reported.
Investigators were still sorting out what happened during the 5:30 a.m. fight in the 8500 block of Balboa Boulevard, and the names of those involved were not released.
Lt. Harvie Eubank said several people were in an apartment drinking when an argument began between two men. The argument escalated into a knife fight during which one man was fatally stabbed and a woman, who may have attempted to intervene, was stabbed and seriously wounded.
The 31-year-old man who was stabbed died in the apartment and the injured woman, whose age was unknown, was taken to Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los Angeles. She was in good condition after surgery, Eubank said.
The man suspected of the stabbings fled from the apartment after the fight and has not been identified by police.
Police said that there were several witnesses to the fight and that they were being questioned this morning by detectives.
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