--- description: Six people were stabbed with a pocket knife at a large house party in Pasadena, Calif., early Saturday morning, police said title: Suspect in Custody After Stabbing 6 People at California House Party image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Suspect in Custody After Stabbing 6 People at California House Party  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2016 2:13 PM CUT  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2016 2:13 PM CUT Six people were stabbed with a pocket knife at a large house party in Pasadena, Calif., early Saturday morning, police said. One suspect, who police said acted alone, has been taken into custody and will be charged with attempted murder, Lt. Vasken Gourdikian of the Pasadena Police Department told TIME. Police responded to the house at 3:10 a.m. and arrested the suspect, 21-year-old Aaron Te. Gourdikian said it’s not yet clear what the motive was, but the incident began when a fight broke out at the party. The six victims, all of whom are men in their early 20s, are expected to recover, Gourdikian said. Two are critical but stable condition, and four suffered moderate to severe injuries. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4506686/pasadena-california-house-party-stabbing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4506686/pasadena-california-house-party-stabbing/"},"headline":"Suspect in Custody After Stabbing 6 People at California House Party","datePublished":"2016-09-24T14:13:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:48:31.931Z","description":"Police said he will be charged with attempted murder","url":"https://time.com/4506686/pasadena-california-house-party-stabbing/","keywords":["California","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4506686/pasadena-california-house-party-stabbing/","name":"Suspect in Custody After Stabbing 6 People at California House Party"}}]}] ```