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LAPD Manhunt for Boyfriend Suspect After Fatal Sylmar Stabbing

Police activity prompted a student relocation at a nearby LAUSD campus.

Overview

  • The manhunt near Hubbard and Eighth Street led LAUSD to relocate Gridley‑Montanez Dual Language Academy students to Maclauy Middle School.
  • Police were called to 13826 Beaver Street and Dronfield Avenue, where they found a 35-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds.
  • She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, and video showed LAFD paramedics rushing her into an ambulance.
  • Witnesses told officers a man stabbed her and ran off, and reports from the scene identified him as her boyfriend.
  • The suspect remains at large as officers clear a perimeter about four miles from the original scene, and police have not released his identity or said whether he has a weapon.