Suspect at large after stabbing at Panorama City hospital
A man suspected of stabbing a Panorama City hospital employee was at large Monday evening, according to authorities.
Officers were called at 6:41 p.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon by a man wielding a knife, said Officer Annie Hernandez, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. Units responded to Mission Community Hospital in the 14800 block of Roscoe Boulevard.Craig Garner, a hospital spokesperson, later identified the victim as a hospital employee and said the stabbing occurred somewhere outside the hospital.
Hospital officials did not know whether the assailant and employee knew each other, or whether the attack was random, Garner said. Firefighters responded at 7 p.m. and transported the victim to a trauma center, said Nicholas Prange, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson. The suspect was described as a Latino male, possibly 40 to 50 years old; 5 feet, 7 inches tall, about 140 pounds; and wearing a hoodie, shirt, hat and backpack, all in black, Hernandez said.The suspect fled and his whereabouts were unknown Monday night.
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