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A teenager died and another was injured after a reported fight, the Tracy Police Department announced on Tuesday.Officers after 6:35 p.m. Monday went to a neighborhood on Tahoe Circle off of Tracy Boulevard, south of West Schulte Road, for a report of a fight in progress in front of a home, police said. While dispatchers were getting more information, the police department got a report that someone involved in the fight was stabbed.Police said officers who went to the area found two minors with injuries and several others who were involved in the fight. Both teenagers were taken to the hospital, but one of them died of his injuries while receiving treatment.Tracy police told KCRA 3 that those involved in the fight ranged in age from 15 to 16 years old.”There were about six individuals involved,” said Kaylin Heefner, a police spokesperson. “Right now, our investigators have identified a potential suspect.”KCRA was in the neighborhood Tuesday evening and noticed detectives were going door to door investigating, with a trail of dried blood still visible on the roadway where the stabbing took place.Fernando Sasco expressed his sadness after learning about the incident that occurred just feet from his home. “It’s sad. It’s sad,” he said.Sasco has lived in the neighborhood for 33 years.”Never has something like this happened,” he said. “And I hope nothing happens like this again.”Details were not released on what led to the fight, but the police department said the stabbing is believed to have been an isolated attack with no threat to the greater Tracy community.Officials said the deadly stabbing was the city of Tracy’s first homicide of the year. Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Alex Ochoa at Alex.Ochoa@TracyPD.com or 209-831-6613.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A teenager died and another was injured after a reported fight, the Tracy Police Department announced on Tuesday.
Officers after 6:35 p.m. Monday went to a neighborhood on Tahoe Circle off of Tracy Boulevard, south of West Schulte Road, for a report of a fight in progress in front of a home, police said. While dispatchers were getting more information, the police department got a report that someone involved in the fight was stabbed.
Police said officers who went to the area found two minors with injuries and several others who were involved in the fight. Both teenagers were taken to the hospital, but one of them died of his injuries while receiving treatment.
Tracy police told KCRA 3 that those involved in the fight ranged in age from 15 to 16 years old.
“There were about six individuals involved,” said Kaylin Heefner, a police spokesperson. “Right now, our investigators have identified a potential suspect.”
KCRA was in the neighborhood Tuesday evening and noticed detectives were going door to door investigating, with a trail of dried blood still visible on the roadway where the stabbing took place.
Fernando Sasco expressed his sadness after learning about the incident that occurred just feet from his home.
“It’s sad. It’s sad,” he said.
Sasco has lived in the neighborhood for 33 years.
“Never has something like this happened,” he said. “And I hope nothing happens like this again.”
Details were not released on what led to the fight, but the police department said the stabbing is believed to have been an isolated attack with no threat to the greater Tracy community.
Officials said the deadly stabbing was the city of Tracy’s first homicide of the year.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Alex Ochoa at Alex.Ochoa@TracyPD.com or 209-831-6613.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
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