Initial information is sketchy. LBPD Public Information Officer Arantxa Chavarria says officers were dispatched at about 9:30 p.m. July 11 to a possible stabbing in the area of Wardlow Rd./Orange Ave. where they found a man (adult) with stab wounds; LBFD transported him to a hospital where he didn't survive.

UPDATE: In a release at midmorning July 12, LBPD says the preliminary investigation determined that a "suspect vehicle, being driven by a male subject, may have struck the victim as he was crossing the street. The victim and male subject then became invovled in a dispute, which resulted in the suspect stabbing the victim. The suspect then fled northbound on Orange Ave. in a white vehicle."

LBPD says the victim is a 51 year old LB resident, with Coroner identification pending notification of next of kin. [end UPDATE]

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Jan 1, 2018 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in Central LB

For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017:

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The motive is presently unknown; LBPD is actively investigating what took place and asks anyone who witnessed or has information about what took place to contact its Homicide Detail at (562) 570-7244.

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