6-year-old boy fatally stabbed in Florence

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A 6-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in the Florence-Firestone area early Thursday morning, sheriff's officials said.

Deputies responded around midnight to a call about a person screaming on the 1600 block of East 88th Street. When they arrived, they found a man, believed to be the victim's father, standing in the front yard covered in blood.

Deputies found the little boy in an RV at the back of the residence, suffering from apparent stab wounds.

"Deputies checked his pulse. They detected a slight pulse, so they started immediate CPR. They continued CPR until paramedics arrived," said Lt. Eddie Hernandez with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The victim was transported to St. Francis Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The boy's father was detained for questioning. Investigators are still trying to determine the motive for the murder.

Anyone with information regarding the stabbing was asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.