Argument Ends In Violent Four-Person Stabbing

FREMONT, CA — Four men were being treated for serious injuries after they were stabbed early Sunday morning in Fremont, police said. Detectives speculate that the stabbings were likely the result of an ongoing dispute.

Officers responded to reports of a stabbing shortly after 1 a.m. on the 40000 block of Stockton Way, where they found four men with severe wounds and lacerations, police said.

Officers provided trauma care to stop blood loss until medical personnel arrived to take the victims to the hospital.

"Several of the involved individuals were heavily intoxicated and confronted another group of subjects who had arrived in a car," police said,

The two sides argued, then armed themselves as a fight broke out that injured men from both groups, police said. The hospitalized victims were stabilized and were expected to survive, police said.

The dispute does not appear to be gang related, police said.

As the investigation into the fight continues, police ask anyone with information to to contact Det. Matt Floresca at 510-790-6900 or mfloresca@fremont.gov.

Bay City News contributed to this report.