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Fullerton Man Accused Of Stabbing Mother To Death

FULLERTON (CBSLA.com) – A Fullerton man accused of stabbing his mother to death and wounding her boyfriend was in custody early Tuesday morning.

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33-year-old Ah Le Fang is accused of stabbing his mother to death at their Fullerton, Calif., apartment on Aug. 15, 2017. (Fullerton Police Department)

The stabbings occurred at about 1:41 a.m. at an apartment in the 100 block of South Pritchard Avenue where the suspect, 33-year-old Ah Le Fang, lived with his 50-year-old mother, adult sister and his mother's 75-year-old boyfriend, Fullerton police report.

According to investigators, the stabbings followed an argument Monday night that Fang had with his sister. After the argument, he went to his bedroom and shut the door. When his mother tried to talk to him, he opened the door, brandished a knife and stabbed his mother in the abdomen, and her boyfriend in the arm, police said.

Officers responded to a 911 call from the mother. Both victims were rushed to nearby trauma centers, where the mother was pronounced dead. Her boyfriend was in serious condition.

Officers later located Fang and arrested him on murder charges, police said. The suspect knife was also recovered.

The name of the deceased victim was not immediately released.

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