Joshua Pipho identified as Santa Clarita victim
We've got some wire copy up on Dailynews.com regarding the mysterious Santa Clarita brawl. What a horrible tragedy:
SANTA CLARITA - A candlelight vigil was held last night for a 20-year-old former high school athlete who was fatally stabbed while trying to break up a fight in a Stevenson Ranch parking lot, and another young man who was critically injured.
About 200 friends and family members were at the vigil for Joshua Pipho.
"He's gone and he's too young and he's not going to get to fulfill the dreams that he had," his mother said.
"He was a good person, the best boyfriend ever," Brianna Castaneda said.
Pipho, 20, of Canyon Country, was stabbed in a parking lot of a condominium complex in the 25200 block of of Steinbeck Avenue, near Stevenson Ranch Parkway, about 12:15 a.m. Saturday, said coroner's Lt. John Kades.
About 10-15 people were gathered at the location when the altercation occurred, said Deputy Hugo Macias of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
Josh's friends told the TV station that he showed up at the location to stop a fight, but things escalated.
"The driver hit Josh and got out of the car and started stabbing him, and then got back in his car and ran him over. And then he started chasing after everyone else and ended up hitting my friend Chad, then he got out of the car again and started stabbing my friend Chad," Matt Hager told the TV station.
Chad remained in critical condition tonight, according to the TV station.
No suspect information was immediately available, Macias said.
It was unclear what the altercation was about, he said.
Anyone with information about the fight was asked to call sheriff's homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500.
From my blog:
Maybe it's due to the downtime over Thanksgiving weekend, but I remain a bit surprised over the lack of press and attention given to the slaying of one party goer and the stabbing of another in Stevenson Ranch on Saturday morning. By all accounts, the attacks were especially brutal and violent, and some accounts even say that the driver tried to run over multiple people. Unless the Sheriffs have actually arrested someone (and one blog post says they know who the perp is) and are remaining tight lipped, there's every reason to believe the perp is still out here, possibly in Santa Clarita. Where's the suspect description from the 10-15 eyewitnesses? Where's the vehicle description? Recall how much attention the driver who mowed down four UCSB students in 2003 got and compare it to the relatively sparse media coverage we've seen so far on Saturday's incident.