Stabbing sparks brief standoff, large police response in downtown

A 45-year-old man was stabbed multiple times during a child custody dispute last weekend at an apartment complex across the street from the Vons grocery store in downtown Long Beach.

The crime received widespread attention on social media, in part because of the large number of officers who showed up and speculation that it happened at the busy grocery store.

When asked shortly after the crime, police declined to say exactly where the stabbing occurred, but court records reviewed by the Long Beach Post today show what happened.

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They say police hurried to the scene at about 7:25 p.m. Sunday, when a 911 caller reported that a person had a gun and had just stabbed someone at an apartment complex on East Broadway, just east of Atlantic Avenue…

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