ARMENIAN YOUNG MAN KILLS HIS COMPATRIOT DURING FIGHT IN GLENDALE

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 23, 2008

GLENDALE, MAY 23, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Hayk Torosyan,
20, an Armenian man, was stabbed during a fight in Glendale in the
night of May 17. He was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.

Police spokesman John Balian of the Glendale Police Department said
that Torosyan had been involved in an argument with his girlfriend’s
ex-boyfriend on May 16. Later that day, Torosyan and a friend, Brian
Herbert, 38, went looking for the ex-boyfriend, Avetis Barnasyan, 23,
also Armenian. The two men found Barnasyann early Saturday. Balian
said Torosyan and Barnasyan fought and during the fight, Torosyan
was stabbed once in the chest with a knife. Balian said the knife
punctured his heart.

Police arrested Herbert and Barnasyan on suspicion of murder. Balian
said the two men were released by the court on May 20, because Torosyan
had initiated the fight and Barasyan was simply defending himself.