Man fatally stabbed while breaking up fight outside Koreatown 7-Eleven

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A man was stabbed to death while trying to break up a fight this morning near a 7-Eleven in Koreatown.

Officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. to Sixth Street and Alexandria Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section reported.

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The victim was trying to break up a fight when he was stabbed, police said. Paramedics rushed him to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

After the stabbing two of the suspects kicked the victim's companion causing non-life-threatening injuries. That victim was also taken to a hospital.

Anyone with information about the attack was asked to call LAPD West Bureau homicide detectives at (213) 382-9470 or the LAPD's 24-hour tipline at (877) 527-3247. Tipsters can also call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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