Homeless man assaults woman, then stabs man who tries to stop him, California police say

A 26-year-old homeless man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman and stabbing a man who attempted to intervene in the East Village neighborhood of Long Beach Friday morning, May 26, authorities said.

Long Beach police were called to the 700 block of East Fourth Street just past 1:05 a.m. and found a man with a stab wound to the upper body, police said.

They also found the suspect and attempted to de-escalate the situation, but the suspect did not cooperate, police said.