Ventura Man Arrested in Fatal Stabbing
Simi Valley police detectives on Sunday afternoon arrested 18-year-old Robert Paul Winters of Ventura in connection with a multiple stabbing that left one man dead and two others injured.
A family friend of Winters called detectives and arranged the teen’s surrender, authorities said. He was taken into custody about 5 p.m. near Telegraph Road and Ashwood Avenue in Ventura.
Winters was booked into a county jail facility in Thousand Oaks. A bail amount was not immediately set.
About 12:10 a.m. Saturday, Winters arrived at a birthday party at a house in the 900 block of Breton Avenue and began arguing with several guests before allegedly stabbing the victims and running away, authorities said.
Randy Lucero, a 21-year-old Simi Valley carpenter, died an hour later at Simi Valley Hospital. Ryan E. Kramer, 22, of Simi Valley, who was stabbed in the chest, was reported in stable condition Sunday at the same hospital.
Michael P. Ponticelli, 26, also of Simi Valley, was treated at a Thousand Oaks hospital for a stab wound to his side and released.
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