Hayward man, 21, stabbed to death in fight near Golden Gate Park

San Francisco police are investigating separate stabbings over the weekend in the Mission District and Chinatown that left two men wounded, including one with life-threatening injuries. San Francisco police are investigating separate stabbings over the weekend in the Mission District and Chinatown that left two men wounded, including one with life-threatening injuries. Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Image, Getty Image Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Image, Getty Image Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Hayward man, 21, stabbed to death in fight near Golden Gate Park 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

One man died and another was injured after both were stabbed during a fight near Golden Gate Park early Saturday morning, police said.

Officers responded to reports of the stabbing near the corner of Haight and Stanyan streets around 2 a.m., said Officer Grace Gatpandan, a police spokesman.

Witnesses told police that the victims, along with another man, had gotten into a verbal altercation with someone on the street. The argument escalated, Gatpandan said, and the assailant stabbed two of the men, ages 21 and 25, before fleeing the scene.

The dead man, identified by the medical examiner as 21-year-old Jose Garcia Sanchez, of Hayward, died of his injuries at a nearby hospital.

The third victim, a 22-year-old man, was injured, but not stabbed, and was expected to recover.

Investigators did not release a description of the assailant other than saying he was a man between the ages of 23 and 25.

Police urged anyone with information about the incident to contact investigators at (415) 575-4444.

Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale