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Man stabbed to death in Lancaster [updated]

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LANCASTER – A man was fatally stabbed Saturday night in Lancaster, authorities said.

It happened around 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, on the 43000 block of Gadsden Avenue, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“Detectives have learned that at least one male black attempted to make forced entry into the residence of the victim.  The victim was confronted by the suspect, and a physical altercation occurred,” the news release states.

“During the physical altercation, the victim sustained at least one stab wound to the mid-torso area.  The victim was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead from his injuries,” the news release states.

His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The victim was stabbed with a broken bottle in an apartment complex, which was surrounded by yellow crime scene tape, a news videographer at the scene said.

The suspect was seen leaving the apartment on foot, according to the sheriff’s news release.

“The motive for the crime is unknown and the investigation is ongoing,” detectives said in the news release.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. To remain anonymous, call “Crime Stoppers” at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

UPDATED: The victim was identified as 27-year-old Joshua Ketchum of Lancaster, according to the coroner’s office.

37 comments for "Man stabbed to death in Lancaster [updated]"

  1. This is his sister and what ever the case is my brother was a person that loved all and forgave many, he didn’t do no harm no foul to no body, and there will be something done to find these men.

  2. Who ever took josh’s life needs to be cought… My son will never get to know his uncle but will be told and know him as a hero rip josh

  3. SO Sad to hear that in his own home he wasn’t safe. Buyback soon the Almighty Heavenly Father will bring justice. May the love of Family, friends and above all our Almighty Heavenly Father give you comfort and strength. And peace as in the promise in Revelation 21:4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”.

    • Come on, if you are here you have no life… at least I admit it… you think I would be posting here if I had something better to do… AND its so easy to get too high or drunk to do something stupid… Tons of people are in prison for something stupid,,,,

    • lotta people in prison for one bad choice… one bad decision.. when they were high or drunk…

  5. Right wingers that can’t use a calendar. What is it with Republicans and the alterna-facts universe? The stock bull market started 8 years ago, not 12 months ago. And, as I recall it was Republican Bush-league admin. asleep at the wheel when 9-11 happened. I know, reality is painful.

  6. O.K., where in this article does it say anything about a bong? Now it goes from a bong that isn’t in the article to weed being the reason for a murder. Wow, talk about misinformation that spreads! I admit that I had to go back to the source, because I was getting caught up in this destructive gossip.

    • These AV righties are hard to keep up with, aren’t they? I call them the alterna-facts spewing calendar challenged. It’s like hammering a nail into granite talking sense to them.

    • Really, Ron? You couldn’t be THAT dense. This was a robbery. Weed didn’t cause this. Are you allowed to vote?

      • Stab a guy to death so they can smoke pot. Really !! Yes I do vote thank God now we have a real President.

        • Yes, a real President, kinda. Let’s hope he doesn’t crash the economy like the last Republican President did or start two pointless, futile, intractable 6 trillion dollar wars of choice that actually create terrorists instead of fighting them. The great American create a terrorist project, courtesy of Bush-leaguer. (R)

          • Have you looked at the stock market lately? It’s doing great. Liberals are the ones who want to let in all the terrorist. Trumps doing great.

          • It’s so hilarious that the same people who ignored the stock market because they didn’t want to talk about anything positive while Obama was in office now can’t seem to talk about anything but the stock market.

          • That’s cute. Another right winger that can’t use a calendar, or Google, or the newspaper. What is it with Republicans and the alterna-facts universe? The stock bull market started 8 years ago, not 12 months ago. And, as I recall it was Republican Bush-league admin. asleep at the wheel when 9-11 happened. I know, reality is painful.

          • Poor Ron.

            The stock market is always doing great before it crashes like it did in 1987 (republican reagan) and 2008 (republican bush).

            There’s a republlcan in the White House now and the market is doing great.

            Poor Ron has never ridden a roller coaster.

        • Ole’ Ron, another right winger that can’t use a calendar. I’ve met many of you, a strange breed to be sure. The current bull market began for the S&P 500 exactly eight years ago, in the depths of the recession in 2009. 8, eight years ago! Not 12 months ago. You know, that 2009 recession caused by the Bush-league Republicans. The same Bush-league Republicans asleep at the wheel while alarm bells warning of 9-11 rang from every direction. Right winger alternative universe “facts” don’t have any place in sane society, sorry.

        • No actually weed didn’t cause this. This was a robbery. Because this world class amateur was stealing a bong doesn’t mean weed caused the robbery. You people in AV shouldn’t have dropped out of Junior High school.

        • No, robbery caused this. Study correlation and causation. In AV, are people forced to drop out of school somewhere around 8th grade? Sounds like they do.

    • HE wont. California penal system will feel sorry for him and give him probation, all he has to do is say he voted for Maxine Waters then he will get released and be given a job working for her. California has been ruined by liberals

      • Yeah, OK. He’s going to stab somebody to death in the course of a robbery and only get probation because of California liberals? This is America, the county with the largest prison population in the world. America -with prison sentences so long that other countries think we’ve gone insane. In CA-the state with the most people incarcerated in the U.S. Sounds like you’re the one on some heavy dope. Please don’t vote and certainly don’t procreate. This guy will get 30 years in prison and none of your right wing alterna-facts from the land of alternative beliefs changes that.

  9. That’s what the food stamp recipients do they are low life’s with no future ahead of them just wanting free bees they are lazy people who like stealing other people’s hard earned belongings.

  10. So I guess it is worth killing some one over a bong? Seriously? He should have stabbed him self instead of taking another ones life, now he will rot in jail what a dumb ass , he was better if buying a new bong wtf

  11. What is with Gadsden Avenue? It seems like every so often when shootings & stabbings are reported on the AV Times, they take place on that street.

  12. I guess they don’t accept food stamps at the smoke shop…this degenerate had to take a life instead. WTF!?

    • The black guy killed my cousin with Asperger’s over a bong he came in the house trying to steal a bong and end up fighting with a roommate my cousin Josh decide to be a hero and try and save the guy and the dude stabbed him in the chest.