Two Stabbed During Argument at East Long Beach Park

Two men were stabbed during an argument and fight at an East Long Beach park, authorities said today.

The stabbings happened at 5:35PM Sunday at Wardlow Park in the 3400 block of Stanbridge Avenue, Long Beach Police Lt. Omar Martinez said.

An argument escalated into a fight between “several subjects” at the park, leading to the stabbings, Martinez said. An unknown number of male suspects fled the scene.

Both victims suffered non-life threatening wounds to their torsos, he said. Paramedics took one man to a hospital and a friend drove the other man to a hospital for treatment.

The stabbings may have been gang-related but the investigation continued, Martinez said.