Man stabbed to dying in Downey; ambulance stolen throughout response – NBC Los Angeles
A person was stabbed to dying Saturday in entrance of the Downey Library and the ambulance of responding paramedics was stolen through the name.
The stabbing occurred about 9:35 a.m. Saturday in entrance of the library at 11121 Brookshire Ave., in response to Downey Police Division Lt. Dustin Doyle.
Downey Hearth Division paramedics tried to avoid wasting the sufferer however he was pronounced lifeless on the scene, Doyle mentioned. There was no data instantly accessible in regards to the man.
Witnesses instructed police the suspect fled towards Downey Excessive College, and the college and library had been positioned on lockdown whereas officers looked for the suspect, he mentioned.
The suspect, a 23-year-old man believed to be a transient, was taken into custody at Downey Excessive College, Doyle mentioned.
“Whereas emergency personnel had been tending to the sufferer on the library, a male suspect, unrelated to the murder investigation, stole a Downey Hearth Division ambulance that was parked on the murder scene,” he mentioned.
Downey officers chased the ambulance to the town of Alhambra, the place the suspect crashed the ambulance right into a parked automobile, Doyle mentioned. That suspect was a 52-year-old man who lives in Los Angeles, he mentioned.
Each instances had been beneath investigation, Doyle mentioned. Anybody with details about the stabbing is requested to contact Det. J. Estrada at 562-904-2332 or jestrada@downeyca.org or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
