Overview
- LAPD detained a 31-year-old neighbor hours after a Friday morning stabbing that injured a man in his 70s and his granddaughter.
- Officers responded around 7:43 a.m. to the 10300 block of Eldora Avenue in Sunland during a school drop-off.
- Police say the attacker stabbed the pair, stole their vehicle, and abandoned it about a mile away on McVine Avenue.
- Authorities and neighbors say the suspect is known in the area, and his father cited addiction and mental health issues.
- Investigators are assessing reports that the assault began as an attempted carjacking and are reviewing a possible link to a similar incident months earlier.