Two Whittier-area attacks may be related

WHITTIER -- A young man was smashed in the face with a brick late Friday and another was stabbed just around the corner in two possibly related attacks, authorities said.
The first incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. in the 13500 block of Dunton Drive, Whittier police Lt. Steve Dean said.
A man in his late teens or early 20s was at a large house party when he became involved in a fight with more than a dozen other party-goers, Dean said.
Police learned of the incident a short time later when the victim showed up with a missing tooth and other injuries at an area hospital, he added.
No description of the suspects in the attack was available.
Around the same time, a group of male attackers pulled up beside a 22-year-old man in a dark-colored SUV at the corner of Lambert Road and Mulberry Avenue in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Bill Evans said.
Four to five male assailants got out of the vehicle and proceeded to beat and stab the man, he said.
The wounded man was hospitalized with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, Evans added.
No further description of the suspects in the stabbing was available.
While the two incidents haven't been definitively linked, because of the close proximity and timeframe between the two attacks, police and sheriff's officials said they're looking into the possibility they were related.