Crime & Safety

Knife-Wielding Man Allegedly Cuts Mother, Stabs Girlfriend in Spring Valley

Deputies received a report about a man with a knife wanting to hurt himself in an apartment in the 1600 block of Canyon Road about 12:30 a.m.

A 28-year-old apparently suicidal man took a knife to himself and to both his 50-year-old mother and 35-year-old girlfriend in Spring Valley early Tuesday, leaving the younger woman with potentially life- threatening injuries, authorities said.

Deputies received a report about a man with a knife wanting to hurt himself in an apartment in the 1600 block of Canyon Road about 12:30 a.m., according to San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Victor Rivera.

While en route, deputies learned the man, his mother and girlfriend were all bleeding.

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Deputies arrived and took the man into custody, Rivera said, noting the man had cuts to both his wrists.

The man's mother had a cut to her head and the man's girlfriend was stabbed twice, the sergeant said.

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All three were taken to an area hospital for treatment, Rivera said.

"The younger female victim received wounds that could be life- threatening," he said.

There's no word yet from the sheriff's department regarding what charges the knife-wielding man could face.

–City News Service


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