Crime & Safety

6 People Stabbed in San Ysidro Parking Lot

The group of teens and young adults had returned from Mexico about 4:40 a.m., Sunday and were headed to their vehicles when they were attacked.

Six people were stabbed early today in San Ysidro a parking lot just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, and the suspect assailant was later arrested.

The group of teens and young adults had returned from Mexico about 4:40 a.m. and were headed to their vehicles, parked at 721 E. San Ysidro Blvd., when they were attacked, San Diego police Sgt. Robin Rose said.

One victim sustained a life-threatening stab wound to the chest, and the other five were cut in various parts of their bodies, Rose said. All six wounded people were taken to hospitals, Rose said.

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The suspect was later arrested, according to Rose. His name was not immediately released.

—City News Service

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