Woman killed, another injured in sword attack in San Dimas; LASD says

SAN DIMAS, Calif. (KABC) — Authorities said a woman was stabbed to death in San Dimas on Thursday when someone attacked her with a sword.

The incident was reported around 3:30 p.m. in the 300 block of South Huntington Avenue between Arrow Highway and Cienega Avenue.

In cellphone video obtained by Eyewitness News, a woman can be seen carrying what appears to be a samurai sword before LA County Sheriff’s officers stop her in the middle of the road.

“I heard the sirens near me and then I heard the police yelling, ‘Come down, come down,'” said Trinh Garcia, a San Dimas resident.

Garcia was at home when the incident occurred. At the time, she did not know that the woman was carrying a sword, nor that another woman from the same house had been killed.

“We are shocked, we are stunned,” Garcia said.

“Upon arrival, officers located a female with numerous cuts and lacerations to her body. This female then led them to a residence down the street where officers located another female who also had cuts and was later pronounced dead at the scene,” said LASD Lt. Daniel Vizcarra.

During the search of the house, officers found another woman who was uninjured but was also taken to the hospital due to a medical emergency, Vizcarra said.

It was not immediately clear if the woman seen walking with the sword in the video was a victim or a suspect. Another video showed her walking toward the front door of a house a few doors down, one arm covered in blood and the sword in the other.

“I didn’t know what was going on and didn’t recognize the woman. Thank God we weren’t home. She just said hello, hello. Maybe she was just screaming for help, but at the same time I wonder why she has a sword?” said local resident Ed Consencino.

Neighbors said the people involved in that incident lived in the same house, but what happened inside that home on Thursday remains unclear.

“They were quiet people, they only came out to get the mail, open the garage, take out the trash, other than that they were quiet people,” Garcia said.

No arrests were made and further details were not immediately available.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit at 323-890-5500. You can also submit an anonymous tip by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visiting lacrimestoppers.org.