A doctor and two nurses were stabbed Friday at Encino Hospital Medical Center, and authorities were attempting to arrest the suspect, who was barricaded inside a small room inside the hospital.
Los Angeles police officers were called about 3:50 p.m. to the hospital in the 16200 block of Ventura Boulevard on reports of a stabbing, said LAPD Officer Drake Madison.
ABC7 reported that the suspect drove to the scene in a gray Chevrolet Impala, parked it in the middle of the street and walked into the hospital demanding anxiety medication before the stabbing.
According to the LAPD, one doctor and two nurses were stabbed, with initial reports saying they were critically injured. All three were removed from the Encino hospital and taken by ambulance to Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center. That hospital issued a statement confirming they were being treated the medical center’s Level II Trauma Center, and “all three patients are currently listed in stable condition.”
A large contingent of police and firefighters descended on the scene, including a SWAT team, amassing in the street outside the hospital where the suspect’s car remained parked. The suspect remained barricaded inside the hospital as evening fell.
A description of the suspect was not immediately available.