By Khalida Sarwari
San Jose police today identified a man who was stabbed to death during a Cinco de Mayo celebration Wednesday night.
Demetrius Campbell, a 20-year-old San Jose resident, was stabbed around 11:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Flintcrest Drive, according to police.
According to detectives, just prior to the stabbing, Campbell and the suspect were involved in a verbal altercation at a Cinco de Mayo barbecue.
Campbell was taken to Regional Medical Center of San Jose, where he was pronounced dead at 12:01 a.m.
The person responsible for the stabbing fled the scene and remains at-large, police said. As of this evening, police did not have a description of the suspect.
Campbell’s death marks the city’s 16th homicide of 2011.
Anyone with information on the murder is asked to call Detective Sgt. Merlin Newton or Detective Juan Vallejo at (408) 277-5283. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Silicon Valley Crimes Stoppers at (408) 947-STOP (7867) or visit http://svcrimestoppers.org/.