Teen Stabs Juvenile In Palm Springs: Police

PALM SPRINGS, CA — Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect accused of stabbing another juvenile in Palm Springs.

The Palm Springs Police Department was notified of a reported stabbing shortly after 6:15 p.m. last Thursday in the 100 block of West Tahquitz Canyon Drive, according to a department statement published Monday evening.

Arriving officers found the juvenile with "non-life-threatening stab wounds." Witnesses claimed that a "physical altercation" had started between several male juveniles, police said.

The witnesses testified that as the brawl moved from the street level into a nearby underground parking structure, one person sustained stab wounds with an "unidentified edged weapon" and another pulled out a handgun before fleeing, according to the department.

A second juvenile with a stab wound was later identified at a local hospital, and police allegedly linked him to the fight. He was expected to recover.

Detectives conducted an investigation before arresting a 17-year-old Desert Hot Springs resident on suspicion of perpetrating the first stabbing, police said.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with relevant information was encouraged to contact Detective Javier Carrillo at Javier.Carrillo@palmspringsca.gov.