We've all been there.
You're in a hurry and you find yourself stuck behind a driver who has decided the roadway is his or her personal space.
While some may fantasize about letting the rude driver have it, it's usually a situation that resolves peacefully.
That, however, was not the case Tuesday night for a 19-year-old Long Beach man who found himself on the wrong side of that very situation.
The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of East Sawyer Street in North Long Beach, said Officer Israel Ramirez, a Long Beach Police Department spokesman.
The victims told police their vehicle was blocking the street when the suspect pulled up behind them in a gold four-door door truck and told them to move out of the way.
"Words were exchanged and then the suspect got out of the truck ... produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the lower torso," Ramirez said.
The 19-year-old Long Beach resident was rushed to a local hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition Wednesday, Ramirez said.
"We don't have much information about the suspect," Ramirez said. "The victims were not really cooperative with the officers."
The suspect, he said, was described only as an adult male Hispanic and was last seen fleeing eastbound on Sawyer in the gold truck.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Violent Crimes Detail, at 562-570-7250.
You're in a hurry and you find yourself stuck behind a driver who has decided the roadway is his or her personal space.
While some may fantasize about letting the rude driver have it, it's usually a situation that resolves peacefully.
That, however, was not the case Tuesday night for a 19-year-old Long Beach man who found himself on the wrong side of that very situation.
The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of East Sawyer Street in North Long Beach, said Officer Israel Ramirez, a Long Beach Police Department spokesman.
The victims told police their vehicle was blocking the street when the suspect pulled up behind them in a gold four-door door truck and told them to move out of the way.
"Words were exchanged and then the suspect got out of the truck ... produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the lower torso," Ramirez said.
The 19-year-old Long Beach resident was rushed to a local hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition Wednesday, Ramirez said.
"We don't have much information about the suspect," Ramirez said. "The victims were not really cooperative with the officers."
The suspect, he said, was described only as an adult male Hispanic and was last seen fleeing eastbound on Sawyer in the gold truck.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Violent Crimes Detail, at 562-570-7250.
Bet this inconsiderate thug doesn't block the street again.
Of course the victims weren't very cooperative to the police - they are just as ghetto as the stabber! I am sick and tired of these 'ghetto stops' made all over the city - as if these people own the road. The only thing missing just before the knife attack would have the loud honking that typically goes along with this selfish behavior...