San Diego Police Department reported that gang detectives are investigating a stabbing involving two groups of young males.

According to authorities, a confrontation between two opposing groups of five to six youths occurred around 7:50 p.m. on Tuesday in the Bay Terraces neighborhood, at the intersection of Alta View Drive and S Woodman Street.

It is reported that the group of suspects challenged the group of victims to fight. Police said the group of victims fled, and a youth from the group of suspects pursued a 17-year-old and stabbed him twice in the left ribs.

The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The group of suspects reportedly fled north on Woodman Street.