11 PEOPLE KICK, STAB, BEAT LANCASTER MAN.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A 33-year-old Lancaster man was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after he was stabbed and beaten by 11 gang members who attacked him in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and for an earlier incident, sheriff's officials said. Lee Birmingham was beaten, kicked and stabbed three times with a steak knife outside his home in the 44100 block of Beech beech, common name for the Fagaceae, a family of trees and shrubs mainly of temperate and subtropical regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. by 11 men, who fled in two separate cars after the attack. ``They all jumped him,'' said Johnny Henderson, Birmingham's father-in-law, who came to the apartment as Birmingham was being treated. ``He started to fight back, but there was 11 of them.'' Trying to escape his assailants, Birmingham ran across the street and fell to the ground. ``When he dropped down, they began to stab him,'' Henderson said. ``They had knives knives n. Plural of knife. knives Noun the plural of knife knives knife and guns.'' Birmingham was airlifted to Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. , where he was reported in stable condition, sheriff's officials said. Officials said the attack stemmed stemmed adj. 1. Having the stems removed. 2. Provided with a stem or a specific type of stem. Often used in combination: stemmed goblets; long-stemmed roses. from prior incident, but would not elaborate. ``It's a retaliation-type thing for a something that happened earlier,'' said Deputy Erik Ruble, a member of the Lancaster Gang Unit. ``Gang members from Palmdale came down and stabbed (Birmingham) three times.'' Known to family and friends as ``Magic,'' Birmingham had been home with his wife and four children, ages 2 months, 4, 6 and 14 years. Birmingham's wife kept the children in the house as their father was attacked. She later went to the hospital to be with her husband. ``It's a shame that little kids have to see something like this,'' Henderson said. Following the stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. , deputies searched through the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley for the vehicles in which the attackers fled. Deputies stopped five men in a car at 11th Street East and Avenue Q-3 in Palmdale, but later allowed them to leave. Neighbor Gary Logan, who has lived in the complex since September, said he heard a ruckus outside his apartment and stepped outside. ``I saw several guys beating another man,'' Logan said. ``There were two carloads of them.'' |
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