16-Year-Old Stabbed to Death at LAPD Fundraising Carnival

16-Year-Old Stabbed to Death at LAPD Fundraising Carnival
Police tape closes off a street in Los Angeles, in this file photo. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—A 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by another teen during a summer carnival in the Palms community of Los Angeles being held as a Los Angeles Police Department fundraiser, and authorities were searching for the culprit Sunday, June 23.

The stabbing was reported around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Keystone Avenue, the LAPD reported. The boy had been in a fight with “multiple” juveniles prior to being stabbed by the suspect, who was described a male between 15 and 20 years of age, according to the LAPD’s Media Relations Division.

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