UPDATE ON WEEKEND STABBING IN SC VS

SANTA CRUZ POLICE BELIEVE A RECENT STABBING WAS GANG RELATED, AND WANT MORE WITNESS INPUT. THE 2 TEENAGERS WHO WERE ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ, HAVE GANG TIES. THEY REPORTEDLY ARGUED WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BEFORE THE FIGHT BROKE OUT. 3 MALE VICTIMS SUSTAINED STAB WOUNDS IN A FIGHT THAT BEGAN AROUND 11:30 P.M. NEAR WALNUT AND CEDAR STREETS, AND FINALLY ENDED ON PACIFIC AVENUE. THE VICTIMS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. 19-YEAR-OLD JESUS VILLA WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED TEEN. THE SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION AND LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS IN THE CASE.