Man Fatally Stabbed in Hermosa Beach Apartment

Man Fatally Stabbed in Hermosa Beach Apartment
Police tape in a file image. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
City News Service
12/19/2023
Updated:
12/19/2023
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HERMOSA BEACH, Calif.—Detectives Dec. 19 are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was fatally stabbed in an apartment in Hermosa Beach.

There are no outstanding suspects or danger to the public, according to Sgt. Mick Gaglia, the Hermosa Beach Police Department’s public information officer.

Officers responded at 6 p.m. Monday to a call of an unknown trouble and a woman heard screaming near the 400 block of Second Street, Mr. Gaglia said.

Officers located a man with several injuries from what appeared to be stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Mr. Gaglia said.

There were several people in the apartment at the time of the stabbing, Mr. Gaglia said.

A second man was taken to a hospital for an unrelated medical emergency, police said.

Police said the death is not being investigated as a homicide.

The stabbing occurred at the Gallery of Playa Pacifica apartment complex, KTLA reported.

Anyone with information on the stabbing is urged to call Detective Dalton Blumenfeld at 310-318-0360 or email him at [email protected].