Passenger fatally stabs driver in Long Beach

LONG BEACH — A operator was stabbed to decease by a rider wrong a car successful Long Beach connected Monday.

Long Beach Police Department officers were dispatched astatine astir 12:15 p.m. to the intersection of East Louise Street and Linden Avenue connected reports of a postulation collision and recovered the wounded antheral lying successful the driveway of a residence, according to a section statement.

The antheral was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. His sanction was not released, though constabulary said helium was successful his 40s to 50s.

Officers responded astir 40 minutes aboriginal to an alleyway successful the 200 artifact of East 56th Street, betwixt Atlantic and Dairy avenues, and recovered an abandoned sedan, astir a half-mile from wherever the antheral was found, constabulary said.

Investigators examined the sedan and recovered grounds “suggesting the stabbing occurred wrong the car.”

“The preliminary probe suggests the unfortunate was driving the fishy successful a car connected Linden Avenue erstwhile the fishy launched an onslaught connected the victim,” the LBPD said successful a statement. “The unfortunate exited the car and walked up the nearest driveway earlier collapsing.”

The stabber entered the operator spot of the car and drove it to the alleyway successful the 200 artifact of East 56th Street earlier abandoning it and fleeing successful an chartless direction, constabulary said.

A motive for the stabbing was not instantly known.

Anyone with accusation was past to telephone LBPD Homicide Detectives Adrian Garcia, Juan Carlos Reyes oregon Jose Rodriguez astatine 562-570-7244. Anonymous tips tin beryllium called successful to Crime Stoppers astatine 800-222-8477 oregon submitted online astatine lacrimestoppers.org.