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1 person dead, another injured in Mid-City stabbing

One person died and another was taken to the hospital after a stabbing in the Mid-City area Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. 

Officers were called to the 1900 block of S. Longwood Ave. around 3:49 p.m. for reports of a stabbing. Police discovered a man in his 60's not breathing and unconscious with a stab wound. He was pronounced dead. 

The stabbing may have happened at a nursing home or outside the nursing home.

Another person, a man in his 30's, was taken to the hospital. The victim's condition is currently unknown. 

LAPD said there is a person in custody. The suspect is described as a man in his 60's. 

It is unclear what led up to the shooting. 

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