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Camp Pendleton Stabbing Leaves One Marine Dead, Another In Custody

The main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base is shown in this undated photo.
Lenny Ignelzi
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AP
The main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base is shown in this undated photo.

A stabbing at Camp Pendleton left one Marine dead and another in custody on Tuesday.

The stabbing was reported shortly before 8 a.m. at a School of Infantry West facility at the northern San Diego County military station, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Josh Pena said.

The names and ranks of the victim and suspect and details about the fatality were not immediately available.

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The Naval Criminal Investigative Service was called in to take charge of the case, Pena said.