Palm Springs police arrest 17-year-old boy for stabbing near VillageFest in downtown

Palm Springs constabulary arrested a Desert Hot Springs teenage lad suspected of a stabbing that occurred successful downtown Palm Springs during the VillageFest thoroughfare just Thursday.

Officers responded to a reported stabbing astir 6:15 p.m. successful the 100 artifact of West Tahquitz Canyon Drive, by the parking batch to the westbound of the Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs Hotel. They recovered a a victim, which constabulary lone identified arsenic a "male juvenile," astatine the country with stab wounds that were not life-threatening.

Witnesses told officers that "several antheral juveniles" fought connected the thoroughfare earlier moving to proceed successful the underground parking structure, the constabulary section said. Police said a unfortunate was stabbed with "an unidentified edged weapon" during the fight. A 2nd fishy perchance brandished a gun.

The constabulary section aboriginal discovered a 2nd victim, besides lone identified arsenic a antheral juvenile, astatine the infirmary with a stab coiled that was not life-threatening.

Authorities arrested a 17-year-old successful transportation with stabbing the archetypal victim, the constabulary section said. The constabulary section is continuing its probe into the altercation and asked anyone with accusation to interaction Detective Javier Carrillo by emailing [email protected] oregon calling 760-323-8136.

Ani Gasparyan covers the occidental Coachella Valley cities of Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City. Reach her astatine [email protected].

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