By Daily Press Staff
A man was taken into custody by Santa Monica Police officers for allegedly stabbing his mother multiple times.
Santa Monica Police officers were called to the 600 block of Ashland Avenue at about 3 p.m. Tuesday for a possible carjacking in process.
When officers arrived at the scene they found a 51-year old female victim that had been stabbed several times. The woman was taken to an area hospital where she is listed in stable condition, said SMPD Srgt. Greg Smiley.
Police officers searched the area immediately around where the incident occurred and located the suspect hiding on a roof of a nearby home.
When officers spotted him, the suspect jumped off the roof and tried to run-away. After a brief pursuit the suspect, a 20 year-old white male, was taken into custody.
The identities of the mother and son have not yet been released by the police department, but as a matter of policy the department does not release the names of victims.
Smiley could not say whether either the son or the mother were Santa Monica residents.
“She was on her way to visit somebody in Santa Monica and that’s why she was here,” Smiley said. “At least that’s how I currently understand it.”
Officers recovered the knife used in the stabbing at the scene, but at press time they could not offer a detailed description of the weapon.
Though the call for assistance came over as a carjacking, it does not appear if the son was trying to forcibly take possession of the car.
“It might have appeared that way to bystanders and nearby residents,” Smiley said. “But when we arrived on scene it turned out to be a bit different.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 1, 2002. Read the original PDF.