Jenna Bordelon
BURBANK -- Four men were injured over the weekend, two seriously, in
assaults that were possibly gang-related, police said.
An 18-year-old Pacoima man was stabbed nine times in the head, back
and shoulders Sunday at 4:48 p.m. by two men who chased him with a
screwdriver, police said.
The man had been walking in the vicinity of Lake Street and Verdugo
Avenue, police said.
The victim, who was not identified, was taken to Providence St. Joseph
Medical Center by two other men who may have gang members, police said.
"We don't know for certain that this crime is related to the others,"
Lt. Robert Giles said. "We're still investigating."
The Pacoima man was later taken to County-USC Medical Center where he
was released at 2 p.m. Monday.
At Around 4 p.m. Sunday, witnesses told police that six men brutally
beat and kicked an 18-year-old Burbank man in an apartment courtyard in
the 200 block of East Santa Anita Avenue.
Police found the man unconscious and covered with blood. Witnesses
told police they saw one of the men punch the victim, knocking him down.
All the men kicked and punched the man, witnesses told police. One man
stomped on the man's head.
Police said the man was taken to County-USC for head trauma. He was
released at 8:20 p.m. Monday.
"There was no sign the victim was involved in any gang," Giles said.
The suspects however, had gang tattoos, Giles said.
In a third assault on Sunday in the 600 block of Verdugo Avenue, a
witness told police that she watched as eight men punched and kicked two
other men causing one to bleed from the face. All of the men left the
scene before police arrived.
No one was arrested in any of the incidents.
