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Man stabbed to death in Lancaster park [UPDATED]

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[Image by BRYAN HALL]
LANCASTER – A man in his 20s was stabbed to death in a Lancaster park Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

It happened around 2:57 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at American Heroes Park on the 700 block of West Kettering Street, between Sierra Highway and 10th Street West, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“Upon arriving, [deputies] discovered the victim unresponsive on the sidewalk suffering from apparent stab wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead,” the news release states.

“Investigators learned the victim had been in an argument with an unknown male Black suspect in the park. The male stabbed the victim before fleeing on foot, southbound Fern Avenue, out of sight,” the news release states.

The murder weapon remains outstanding, and it is unknown if the stabbing was gang-related, sheriff’s officials said. No suspect description was provided.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article was updated to add more details.

[BRYAN HALL]
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37 comments for "Man stabbed to death in Lancaster park [UPDATED]"

  1. Change starts with parenting. Who can you blame when on the kids first day of pre school they are disruptive and do not respect other classmates or the teacher?

    It snowballs from here.

    • You will respect the teacher just because they are the teacher.

      You will respect the policeman just because they are the policeman.

      You will respect the boss just because they are the boss.

      You will respect the dictator just because they are the dictator.

      The commandments of conservatism.

      • lol that’s a little over the top Tim. A basic level of respect & compassion of another human is all that I was implying.

        I will say I did enjoy waterboarding people at Gitmo, especially on Mondays after a weekend of partying.

  2. I am the mother of the man that was stabbed on Dec 2nd, 2021… He was a father of 3 beautiful children and my one and only son…
    He was not in any gangs or even have a criminal record…

    3 yrs earlier in the same month he was killed our family lost his older sister , my oldest by someone else’s hands… we all were barely getting past her death then this happens…

    He was found without a shirt or his leather jacket… He wore his jacket in remembrance of his sister… He was stabbed and killed for his shirt and leather jacket…

    Now I have 2 children that have been killed by someone else hand… How much more does a mother and grandmother have to go through???

    My son’s name was Marshall “COREY ” Nicholas…

  3. Change is gonna come, Your absolutely correct in saying this I have been a resident if lancaster for 44 years born and raised here. I can remember playing all over west quartz hill. We did not have to worrie about stabbings, shootings, and all the other stuff that our kids, parents, elderly have to worrie about today. Our man in charge is a glory seeking self involved, self seeking narcissist. I drive through town now and look at all the changes we have gone through and feel sad. I am not opposed to change but with change comes growth and with growth comes all walks of people with that you need leadership that will listen to all voices from those people. Demonizing 8s just one if the things he does to try and divide our city. Because that is what he is doing. Even worse we as a community are allowing this to happen. Change will not come until we change our leadership and that starts with its people getting together and deciding that we no longer want what this man in charge has to offer. To be frank what has he done for all the people of lancaster? What has he done to improve our city? Sar fields he’ll no they are a scar on our beautiful desert the man has done nothing but divide and conquer. That is how men in power stay in power when they have nothing to truly offer its people….

    • The change that needs to come is Gascon get him out of office he has made it easy for criminals to commit crimes and there is no justice for the victim’s. With no consequences the criminals are running this state into the ground

      • Please explain, specifically, how Gascon not having been the DA would have stopped this crime from occurring. Do you believe that the perpetrator was thinking about his potential punishment at the time of the murder?

        • Who the f__k are you to demand explanations from everybody? Your narrow, biased worldview prohibits intelligent discourse. Specifically !!!!!

          Pretentious @$$H0LE.

          I DEMAND AN ANSWER.

        • If murderer is apprehended and found to be recently released by Gascon after committing a previous violent crime then I would have to say perhaps this crime could have been avoided if Gascon was not the DA.

          not sure about the punctuation..

          • That’s a pretty huge if, particularly since the number of violent criminals “released by Gascon” is vanishingly small.

            Question.

            If it turns out to be someone who has been arrested at some point and subsequently released in accordance with the law of the land are you planning to blame that on Gascon? I ask because it is an absolute certainty that some disgruntled ADA will write an op ed blaming him and a huge mob of dingbats will swallow the load without a blink..

  4. Change is going to come.
    I totally stand with you and how you feel about the mayor I have been here since 1990 and it’s certain individuals that keeps that mayor in office the antelope valley was a respectable place to live the police don’t want to do the job they signed up to do

  5. This is so sad. There is so much anger in Lancaster. There is so much unrest and unseasyness. People feel marginalized and targeted. Certain groups feel scapegoated. It starts at the top with leadership. We need a mayor who doesn’t demonize people based on their income, preference of dogs, ethnicity, religion, etc. We need someone who can unify us and include the hard working people of East Lancaster. We need a mayor who is not beholden to political donors and who will make decisions based on what is best for the people and not his bank account.

    We need real change in Lancaster starting at the top.

      • Wrecks is a master at scapegoating groups of people such as the homeless, mentally ill, people on Section 8, etc. to deflect from his failures and what is going on in Lancaster. He is the one creating division, not someone exposing him . Lancaster and the AV would be better off if he stayed at his beach mansion for good.

      • Your name sounds rather vaginal just like the silly gang politics in this town created by tweakers and welfare recipients that get off to gangster crap to the point of dubbing your hind cheeks East and West and they’re always clashing and dividing and letting more ghetto trash in and out, causing more division and deterioration and that’s how you came up with your online name Poo… whatever.

        • Alby:

          “Vaginal”? I really have no idea what you were trying to communicate, but don’t you think a comma, period or paragraph ending might be helpful? Also, I suggest you set an alarm to take your meds.

          • The reply was meant for the other guy “pooploola” or whatever. My sentence is clearly readable if you pull the grammar nazi stick out of your hind end. Perhaps you should take your grammar and communication skills to the section 8 ghetto that you’re most likely related to and teach them to depend on themselves with your invigorating knowledge of grammar. Then, perhaps they can stop being stabby and klepto enough to finally contribute to society so that WE can finally have a break and impose our ghetto trash ways on them while hiding behind grammar nazis so that we can at least look good as we now know our commas and periods and paragraph endings.

          • LMAO. Look what happens with the local wildlife when you beat the bushes.

            Grammar nazi? How about you make an effort to communicate like an intelligent human being and not an illiterate, uneducated moron? Why bother posting comments that nobody understands, lol. In this grim world, people like Kathy and Alby make it bearable by amusing and entertaining us.

          • That’s, some, really, good, advice. I can feel my communication skills getting stronger already. You must be the Viagra of grammar. This advice is so awesome that it’s coming from someone who is too lazy to type “Laugh My A$$ Off” properly and completely…. Ill bet you use hash tags…. By the way, do you have an opinion surrounding the topic at hand, or are we bringing the A.V. College to this news forum for free grammar lessons?

          • And hopefully your next post pertains mostly to this news article with maybe a grammar lesson behind it to satisfy your ego in the process. A turd with teeth is even capable of grammar policing, but what info pertaining to this news article does that chud have that’s worth debating? I’m afraid you get a D- for being off topic and hiding behind the grammar bible in defense to your ignorance.

          • Calm down, Alby, I think you’re latest work is fairly intelligible (C-).

            I seriously couldn’t understand your first post though (F-). Go back and read it and tell me if any normal person could understand it. So now everybody knows what you’re expressing.

            You’re welcome.

          • The gist is that wannabe gangster nonsense gets brandished out here over the stupidest reasons that makes one decide to stab someone. Change and reform is very much so needed out here. Those that don’t think so are either hiding in a hole, or are part of the ghetto trash problem. Those that contribute to this town that we care about aren’t just gonna get the hell out to start over and repeat the same nonsense with other scumbags elsewhere just to get the hell out again. If you cant discect it, analyze it, and process it, then stop trying and move on with your life…. And no thanks.

        • Paragraph long classist rant that’s actually a single sentence. Emphasis on how much better than “ghetto trash” he is while demonstrating his own unimaginably poor command of language. Yes, this is the real Alby; no imposter here.

    • Change starts with you…do Antelope Valley a favor and get the hell out.
      Trust me no one cares what you do…go contemplate CRT…you silly loser

      • 2024 can’t get here soon enough. By then, Wrecks’ damages will be in the millions. $10 million wasted on the Eye in the Sky, money lost on lawsuits, lousy road paint instead of fixing roads, more hostile statements about the mentally ill, homeless, and other marginalized groups, more no bid contracts to political pals, and so on.

        As Wrecks said in his own words, “Am I autocratic in how I do it? Yeah, I am. Are they eventually going to vote me out because of it? Yeah, they will. But what gets left behind, they’re not going to be able to undo.”