Deputies arrest suspected gang members for stabbing

Deputies arrested 22-year-old Tony Vasquez and 23-year-old Erik Perdomo for stabbing a man in a parking lot at the Tachi Palace Casino near Lemoore. The suspects were heard yelling gang-affiliated taunts before the altercation.

Deputies arrived on the scene and found a stabbing victim who was flown to Kaweah Delta Hospital for medical care.

Witnesses told deputies that the two suspects fled the scene on foot, but both were apprehended a short distance away. The sheriff’s detectives and Kings County Gang Task Force conducted a joint investigation.

Both suspects were indeed arrested and booked for assault with a deadly weapon as well as gang enhancements.

Anyone with any additional information is urged to call the Kings County Gang Task Force at 582-2987 or the confidential hotline at 589-1960.