Man fatally stabbed in Ventura County

Detectives investigating fatal stabbing in Oxnard.
Lance Orozco

Oxnard Police detectives trying to unravel circumstances behind death.

It started as a 911 call about a fight. But, Oxnard police say when they arrived at the scene Monday afternoon, they found a man with multiple stab wounds.

It happened just before 3 p.m. Monday on the 300 block of West Third Street. Emergency medical personnel started life saving measures, and took the stabbing victim to the Ventura County Medical Center. But, the 50-year-old man died a short time later.

Detective are trying to figure out what led to the stabbing. The name of the victim hasn’t been released yet.

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Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.