Investigators are working to determine what led up to the attack just hours after the city's wildly popular 4th of July celebration.
Two people were killed and three others were wounded during a violent stabbing in Huntington Beach late Thursday evening, just hours after the city's popular Fourth of July celebration. It happened at around 11:15 p.m., when police were sent to the area near 16th Street and Pelican Avenue after learning of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department.
Neither has been identified. Three others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Just before 7 a.m., investigators said that one person had been taken into custody, but no further information was provided.People living near where the incident happened began to learn the news as they started their days Friday morning, which many called shocking. 'I've never experienced that before,' said Jack Behimer, who has lived in the area for more than 30 years.
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