A Monterey Park business owner was stabbed Thursday by a suspect who attacked her without provocation, police said.
Officers were called at about 3:40 p.m. to 2343 S. Garfield Ave. and learned that the business owner had been stabbed by a suspect who entered the store and attacked without making demands or being provoked, Monterey Park police Lt. Bill Cuevas said.
The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of her injuries. An update on her condition was not immediately available.
The suspect, who was recorded on surveillance video, fled on foot and has not been apprehended, Cuevas said.
He is described as a Hispanic male who is 5-feet-8 inches to 5-feet-9 inches tall, heavy-set and has a shaved head. He was wearing a white shirt with a large blue horizontal stripe, dark-colored shorts, a backward-facing baseball cap and a blue bandana that covered his face.
Anyone with information that could help identify him was urged to call the Monterey Park Police Department’s Investigations Bureau at (626) 307-1236 or the on-duty watch commander at (626) 307-1200.
Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
–City News Service