Woman killed in sword attack in San Dimas – Daily Bulletin

A stabbing attack by a man wielding a samurai sword in a San Dimas neighborhood left one woman dead and two other women hospitalized on Thursday afternoon, July 18.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Station in San Dimas received a call about 3:20 p.m. about a woman with cuts on her leg and bleeding, Sergeant Rick Duarte said, adding that the line was subsequently disconnected.

In a video obtained by KTLA, a woman with an injured leg can be seen carrying a katana – a type of samurai sword – as a patrol car pulled up next to her as she stood next to a U-Haul truck. She dropped the sword and raised her hands.

The woman led officers to a home in the 300 block of Huntington Avenue, where they found a woman with cuts who died at the scene, sheriff’s Lt. Daniel Vizcarra told KTLA and other news media on Thursday.

Officers also found another woman in the house who was not injured in the stabbing but was taken to the hospital for a medical emergency, he said.

The identity of the deceased woman has not yet been determined by the forensic medicine department.

On Friday morning, detectives were still trying to determine the relationship between the three women and the cause of the fatal stabbing.

“As the investigation continues and we continue to learn more details of this tragedy, on behalf of the City of San Dimas, we would like to thank the San Dimas Fire Department and Sheriff’s Departments for their quick response in securing the scene and assisting the victims,” ​​said Eric Nakano, Mayor pro tempore of San Dimas.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the stabbing to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.