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Police: Man Stabbed Multiple Times At Palmdale High
Melee Involving Baseball Bats Breaks Out

POSTED: 4:54 pm PDT June 17, 2005
UPDATED: 5:10 pm PDT June 17, 2005

PALMDALE, Calif. -- One person was stabbed Friday during a brawl
outside Palmdale High School, just hours before the school's planned
graduation ceremony, according to the sheriff's department.

The victim, identified only as a young, black male, was not a
student at the school, sheriff's Detective Steven Gross reportedly
said. He reportedly said the young man was stabbed multiple times
after a group of students called him over from across the street
just after school had ended for the day. His condition was not
immediately available.

A melee involving baseball bats then broke out near the school's
athletic field, Gross reportedly said.

Two teens were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon
after allegedly hitting two people with baseball bats and swinging
at a school security officer, sheriff's officials said.

Authorities were still searching for the stabbing suspect.

The station reported that sheriff's deputies seized several weapons,
including a Taser gun and a screwdriver. Investigators are still
trying to determine what prompted the melee.

Palmdale High School's graduation ceremony is expected to go on as
planned Friday night.


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