A man told police he was slashed with a sharp object when he tried to break up a fight in North Long Beach Sunday night, but he didn’t want to press charges, according to authorities.

Police got a call about the incident around 9:20 p.m. and headed to the 1000 block of South Street where they found the victim, Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said.

The man told officers he’d been near Cherry Avenue and Artesia Boulevard when he saw a group of people fighting, Pratt said.

When the man tried to intervene, “a male subject from within the group slashed him with a sharp object,” Pratt said.

The man had cuts to his upper body, which paramedics treated at the scene, police said.