LONG BEACH – Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson continues to tout the safety of his City while people continue to either be stabbed or shot in the nearly 78 square mile city on a near daily basis.

Two men were stabbed over the weekend, in less than 24 hours.

A suspect was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing a man during a dispute in Long Beach, authorities said Sunday.

Officers dispatched at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday to a report of a stabbing in the 700 block of Cherry Avenue located a man suffering from stab wounds to his upper and lower body, the Long Beach Police Department reported.

The suspect was still at the scene.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the two males were involved in a dispute that escalated when the suspect stabbed the vi

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