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I'M AND I'M COW MAN. A WOMAN IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE TONIGHT AFTER BEING STABBED IN THE NECK IN WHAT POLICE BELIEVE WAS A RANDOM ATTACK.
THE VICTIM WAS JUST WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR HOPE STREET IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WHEN A MAN STABBED HER FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
>> SAID A LOT OF DOWNTOWN WITH MORE ON THE SUSPECT NOW UNDER ARREST AND THE MAN WHO MAY HAVE SAVED THE VICTIM'S LIFE. >> CARLOS. >> MIKE I SHARE.
POLICE ARE CALLING THIS UNPROVOKED ATTACK TONIGHT. A 39 YEAR-OLD MAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE STABBED A WOMAN IN THE NECK. AND NOW THE CREDIT A GOOD SAMARITAN DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT FOR COMING TO HER AID.
A STABBING IN DOWNTOWN LA TUESDAY MORNING LEAVES ONE WOMAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. >> THE VIOLENT INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 10:00 AM ON HOPE STREET NEAR LYNN PICK ACROSS THE STREET FROM PARK. PEOPLE WHO FREQUENT THE AREA SAY IT'S NORMALLY A BUSY STREET. THE PARK RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY KIND OF JUST HANGS OUT. SHIELDS RIGHT HERE LIKE ON THE REGULAR. >> AND THEN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IS AS LIGHT WEIGHT LIGHT, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE DETAILS PRETTY BRUTAL YOU KNOW VERY UPSETTING.
LMPD OFFICERS SAY A WOMAN BETWEEN 60 TO 70 YEARS OLD WAS WALKING NORTHBOUND WHEN THE SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A HOMELESS MAN. >> WALKED PASTOR TURNED AROUND AND STABBED THE NECK AT LEAST ONCE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HE THEN RAN TOWARDS THE PARK.
POLICE CREDIT THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOR HELPING THE VICTIM. THE MAIL THAT WAS A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT THAT WAS APPLYING A PRESSURE TO THE VICTIM'S NECK. WHICH WE BELIEVE. >> ASSISTED AND SAY VICTIM'S LIFE AS SHE WAS TRANSPORTED.
POLICE DON'T BELIEVE THE VICTIM AND SUSPECT INTERACTED WITH EACH OTHER PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT CALLING IT A RANDOM ATTACK. AND A LOS ANGELES WE DO HAVE A A LOT OF CLOUDS THAT THAT INVOLVED AN NOT JUST ON THE HOUSE BUT CITIZENS BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA.
THE VICIOUS ATTACK IS UNSETTLING. I WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO HAVE A 7 ALIKE, BUT I ALWAYS TOLD THIS PARK NOTHING EVER HAPPENS AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME EVER SINCE A POINT THAT THE SUSPECT IDENTIFIED BY POLICE AS KENNETH GIBSON WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER AND FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. OLDER WOMAN FROM WHAT WE HEARD WE DON'T GET A DESCRIPTION. >> YOU KNOW ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT IS SAD, YOU KNOW JUST TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEBODY LIKE >>.
TONIGHT THE WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER UNDERGOING SURGERY AGAIN.