Baseball bats, pipes and knives were used in a fight late Saturday between rival gang members near the Veterans Hall

Baseball bats, pipes and knives were used in a fight late Saturday between rival gang members near the Veterans Hall, the Tehama County Sheriff's Office reported.
When officers and deputies arrived on scene the fight was over and many subjects had left the area, said a spokesperson for the Tehama County Sheriff's Office.The fight was between two major state rival gangs. The Record Searchlight doesn't name gangs.
During the fight, some members of the rival gangs used baseball bats and sticks, said the sheriff's office.One person was knifed in the throat, causing one of the other victims to intervene, leaving her cut on the arm and neck.A third victim tried to help the first two and was cut on the ear, said the sheriff's office.Elmer Figueroa, 36, suffered an abrasion and swelling to the head. Three juvenile males and one juvenile female suffered cuts and abrasions in the fight, the sheriff's office said. All the victims were treated and released from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Red Bluff.

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