San Diego Police Department

Police Searching for East Village Stabbing Suspect Near Petco Park

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San Diego police are searching for the suspect who stabbed someone twice and hit them in the head in the East Village, according to the San Diego Police Department.

A 34-year-old man was found with stab wounds, but still awake and breathing at K Street and Tony Gwynn Drive around 6:36 p.m., according to SDPD Officer Robert Heims.

The man got into a verbal argument with a group of men, then the argument turned violent, police said.

The man was stabbed twice, then hit in the head with a blunt object at 1500 National Ave., police clarified.

Paramedics transported the victim to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Police have no description of the suspect. San Diego Police Central Division Detectives are investigating the incident.

Both San Diego police and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to the incident.

The stabbing occurred just hours after a man was stabbed twice while walking in the Gaslamp neighborhood of San Diego, not far from the East Village.

Anyone with information related to the incident is encouraged to call police or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

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