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to the KTLA article: https://ktla.com/2020/02/07/man-accused-of-stabbing-critically-wounding-father-in-torrance/?fbclid=IwAR2CO8UQcJG_zt-8bPaPIIrTnmkefB4qsCFyWBnMSQdy7eai3ctEeLqhQXE
John
Bailey, President – Southeast Torrance Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
(SETHA)
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to the Daily Breeze article: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/02/07/man-in-critical-condition-after-getting-stabbed-in-car-which-crashes-in-torrance/?utm_content=fb-dailybreeze&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR352El4EIdjNP3gHO-mvlIIVEWgRHNJkoMvhRxe4aRgRBjzX
Man Stabs, Critically Wounds His Father in Torrance: Police
Bystanders stop
their vehicles and rush to help as a man allegedly stabs and critically wounds
his father in Torrance on Feb. 7, 2020. (Credit: Megan
Kiachko)
A 21-year-old man stabbed and critically injured his father as
they were driving through Torrance on Friday afternoon before good Samaritans,
including one armed with a piece of lumber, sprung into action and subdued the
attacker, police said.
Officers responded to a report of a stabbing and car crash about
2:20 p.m. at Artesia Boulevard and Prairie Avenue, Torrance Police Department
Sgt. Alex Martinez said.
They encountered a vehicle that had crashed into a residential
property, along with a man suffering from stab wounds.
Paramedics took the injured man to a hospital in critical
condition, Martinez said. He was expected to survive.
Police released no information regarding the circumstances of the
stabbing.
Nearby resident Megan Kiachko said she first noticed what she
presumed to merely be a minor traffic accident in which a minivan rear-ended
another car, then continued rolling slowly into a fence.
The driver and a passenger got out of the minivan, she
said.
“They were fighting, and (the passenger) was stabbing the
driver,”according to Kiachko. “I was just panicked. I didn’t even know what to
do.”
Numerous passing vehicle saw what was happening and came to a
halt.
“A bunch of guys got out of their cars and started tackling (the
stabber),” Kiachko said. “One of those people went to his car and got a
two-by-four and hit the guy who was stabbing the driver.”
“There was a lot of screaming,” the witness added.”There was
mayhem.”
Kiachko added that the police arrived “amazingly
quickly.”
Police determined the victim’s 21-year-old son had stabbed him.
He was taken into custody.
His identity was not available Friday afternoon.
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