4 teenagers wounded in Laguna Beach knife fight

Four teenagers suffered knife wounds in a Laguna Beach fight that landed one boy in surgery and another in detention, police said Friday.

The clash involving 16- and 17-year-old boys occurred about 2:38 p.m. Thursday near Kilo Way and Alta Vista Way, said Lt. Jason Kravetz of the Laguna Beach Police Department.

After responding to reports about a fight, officers stopped a vehicle carrying four teenagers at Glenneyre Street and Alta Vista Way.

One of the boys had been stabbed in the stomach and two others were slashed on their hands, Kravetz said. They were taken to a hospital, where the boy with the stomach wound underwent surgery. He was expected to survive.

Other officers went to a home on Juanita Way, where they found a 16-year-old boy with minor knife wounds, Kravetz said. He was treated and taken to a hospital for further evaluation and later detained for assault with a deadly weapon and taken to juvenile hall, Kravetz said.

“It appears the group of kids in the [vehicle] had been involved in a week-long disagreement with the kid at the house,” Kravetz said. “It culminated with the boys driving up to his house to confront him, and the kid armed himself.”

-- Ann M. Simmons

Map: The location of the knife fight. Credit: Google Maps

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Comments

[JayCeezy]

This knife fight took place at 2:38pm? School lets out too early.

[Bob Owings]

It is at great peril that you defend yourself...going to someones home is provocation, which is ...assault!!!

[chad MacDonald]

ok well first off to all, to the ignorant citizens posting these coments you really need to hear wat actually happened.
It was one boy who went to talk to him face to face and the other boys in the car were his friends giving him a ride. this wasnt a gang affiliation issue and it wasnt a 4 on 1 attack like previously posted. When the two boys with the conflict meet each other the one pulled out a knife and started to swing and stab the first victim in the stomach. the two others jumped from the car to defend their friend and were entered with a swinging 14inch in knife in their faces(resulting in the two with the lacerationd to the hand)
This was not an act of one defending himself this was an act of brutality and the stabber deserves to be preosecuted with 3 accounts of attempted murder at least. Would you really not jump out to help your friend if he was being stabbed in wat was supposed to be face to face talk or confrontaion. So for all you brainwashed Fox News Conservative republicans get the story straight and open your eyes. Its not always Black and white there is grey areas and you need to explore them.

(not to mention that the stabber previously light and blew up a car for having a yes on prop 8 sticker on it about a year ago. This isnt an outstanding citizen and deserves no break on what he did.)

[Quoc An Duong]

Scary....

[EM]

"ok well first off to all, to the ignorant citizens posting these coments you really need to hear wat actually happened.
It was one boy who went to talk to him face to face and the other boys in the car were his friends giving him a ride. this wasnt a gang affiliation issue and it wasnt a 4 on 1 attack like previously posted. When the two boys with the conflict meet each other the one pulled out a knife and started to swing and stab the first victim in the stomach. the two others jumped from the car to defend their friend and were entered with a swinging 14inch in knife in their faces(resulting in the two with the lacerationd to the hand)
This was not an act of one defending himself this was an act of brutality and the stabber deserves to be preosecuted with 3 accounts of attempted murder at least. Would you really not jump out to help your friend if he was being stabbed in wat was supposed to be face to face talk or confrontaion. So for all you brainwashed Fox News Conservative republicans get the story straight and open your eyes. Its not always Black and white there is grey areas and you need to explore them.

(not to mention that the stabber previously light and blew up a car for having a yes on prop 8 sticker on it about a year ago. This isnt an outstanding citizen and deserves no break on what he did.)"

really chad, im a personal friend of the defendent. i was there weeks before when julian c. drove by the defendent and yelled faggot out the window, went around the corner and yelled it again.
not only is this self defense, its a hate crime.
you want the real story, look at it from both sides.