By Joseph M.D. Young
NBCSanDiego.com
Victim ID'd in Fatal Carlsbad Stabbing
A man fatally stabbed Friday night in Carlsbad has been identified.
Devin Allen, 27, an Oceanside resident, was reported stabbed at about 10:40 p.m. near Harding Street and Carol Place.
The intersection is located west of Interstate 5 and near Hensley's Flying Elephant Pub & Grill on Tamarack Avenue.
Allen was transported to Palomar Hospital before passing away.
Authorities said the suspect, who remains at large, fled the scene prior to their arrival.
The weapon used in the stabbing was not found, police said.
Anyone with information relating to the crime is asked to call the Carlsbad Police Department at (760) 931-2197 or Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477. Crime Stoppers can also be anonymously emailed or texted online.
Dragnet out after deadly stabbing in Carlsbad
By Mike Lee
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 9:29 a.m.
Carlsbad police are searching for suspects in a homicide near the intersection of Harding Street and Carol Place on Friday night.
At 10:40 p.m., police received reports of a stabbing a few blocks north of Agua Hedionda Lagoon. Officers found one adult male with at least one stab wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner on Saturday identified the victim as Devin Allen, 27, of Oceanside, and said an autopsy was planned.
No arrests have been made.
CARLSBAD: Friend says victim was stabbed without provocation..
By LYNDSAY WINKLEY - lwinkley@nctimes.com
North County Times - The Californian
Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:52 pm
A 27-year-old Oceanside resident, Devin Allen, was fatally stabbed about 10:30 p.m. Friday in Carlsbad, authorities said Saturday.
Carlsbad police responded to a call near Harding Street and Carol Place. When they arrived, Allen was unconscious on the ground, said David Bernstein, 27, a resident of Vista and a close friend of Allen's.
Allen was flown by helicopter to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido but was pronounced dead about an hour later, the San Diego County medical examiner's office said.
Bernstein said he and Allen were with a group of friends at Hensley's Flying Elephant Pub and Grill when they decided to move on to a different establishment. While they were walking to their vehicles, Bernstein said, two men stopped Allen and two of his friends to ask for a cigarette. Without any physical provocation, Bernstein said, Allen was stabbed.
"It happened so fast," he said. "One minute we're laughing and taking pictures, the next second he's being flown to the hospital and then they are telling us he died."
Bernstein said other witnesses in the area said the two men who attacked Allen had been provocative throughout the night and were flashing gang signs.
Allen, a painter and tiler for industry buildings, "never fights," Bernstein said. Described as "the peacekeeper" of their group of friends, he enjoyed music and skateboarding.
"Devin was a great guy," Bernstein said. "One of those guys who would pull over to help you on the side of the road even if he was late to work."
Allen was about to celebrate his 28th birthday on April 1 and had a 4-year-old daughter, Bernstein said.
"She was his world," Bernstein said. "That kills me. How are you going to tell a 4-year-old her daddy was murdered?"
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing, Carlsbad police Lt. Paul Mendes said.
Call staff writer Lyndsay Winkley at 760-740-5444