2 Hospitalized In Hollywood Stabbings

HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) —  Two people have been hospitalized for knife wounds following assaults in Hollywood Saturday which police believe are related.

The first assault occurred on Hollywood Boulevard near the corner of North Cherokee Avenue around 1:15 a.m.,  Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. A. Howell told City News Service.

The second occurred a block east, near the corner of Whitley Avenue, shortly after.

The victims are both males in their 20s.

Howell said the suspect is around the same age.

Further information was not immediately available.

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