A SOQUEL HIGH STUDENT WAS STABBED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SHORTLY BEFORE 3 A-M AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE AND A 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE WERE WALKING ON THE LEVEE NEAR JESSIE AND EAST CLIFF STREETS IN SANTA CRUZ, WHERE THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY 3 SUSPECTS. 1 OF THE SUSPECTS BRANDISHED A KNIFE AND DEMANDED THE COUPLES WALLETS AND PHONES. THE MALE VICTIM WAS STABBED IN THE CHEST DURING THE ROBBERY. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE THE VICTIMS INITIALLY DENIED THE ASSAULT, BUT UPON QUESTIONING THE OFFICERS SAW THE VICTIM WAS BLEEDING AND PROVIDED MEDICAL ATTENTION, UNTIL HE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER WITH A PUNCTURED LUNG. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENT.
