Overview
- Long Beach police responded to Pacific Avenue and 5th Street around 5 a.m. Wednesday after reports of a stabbing near the A Line’s Pacific station.
- Officers found a man with stab wounds to his upper body, and Long Beach Fire Department personnel took him to a local hospital.
- Metro halted A Line trains at the scene and is running shuttle buses between the Pacific and Anaheim stations to keep riders moving.
- No arrests have been announced, and a police spokesperson said the motive is unknown and the investigation is ongoing.
- Media accounts differ on the victim’s status, with NBC4 reporting he died and ABC7 and FOX11 reporting his condition was not released.