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Detectives Release New Photos Months After Deadly Party Fight in Pacoima

Hoping to identify additional partygoers, the Los Angeles Police Department released photos of seven women Wednesday who attended a party where a murder occurred in Oct. 2016.

On Oct. 28,2016, around 2:30 a.m., police responded to a stabbing call in the 12400 block of Bernadette Street.

Detectives were investigating the stabbing death of a young man in Pacoima early Saturday. Investigators said a group of uninvited guests arrived at a party as it was shutting down, so a group was attempting to get the people to leave when he was stabbed. Jane Yamamoto reports live for Today in LA on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

Officers found witnesses performing CPR on a 22-year-old man who had been stabbed twice in the neck.

The victim, identified as Victor Ernesto Garcia, was taken to a nearby hospital where he died from stab wounds he sustained during a fight at the party.

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Los Angeles Police Department
Detectives released photos of seven women on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, who attended a party where a murder occurred in Oct. 2016. The seven women fled the scene in an unknown vehicle.

Seven months after the murder, the LAPD released photos of seven women who were seen at the party prior to the murder. The women fled in an unknown vehicle.

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Los Angeles Police Department
Seven female partygoers were seen at a party in a Pacoima prior to a deadly stabbing in Oct. 2016 and police released their images on May 17, 2017, hoping to identify them.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the LAPD's Operations-Valley Bureau Homicide Detective's Detective Kohl at 818-374-1942 or 818-374-9550. 

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