Investigations Underway Following Stabbings Near Taste of Soul Festival

Authorities in Los Angeles located two individuals at a hospital and filed assault-with-a-deadly-weapon reports after receiving alerts about stabbings near the Taste of Soul festival on Saturday.

Officers were first alerted to a stabbing incident around 2:45 p.m. near the intersection of Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Charles Miller, who spoke with City News Service. It was reported that at least one individual was injured during a group altercation, but those involved fled the scene before officers could arrive. Later that evening, LAPD Media Relations updated that two people were found, interviewed, and reports involving assaults by cutting were recorded. The condition of the victims remains unknown, and the investigation into the incident is ongoing.