People were rushed to hospitals Monday evening after a violent incident near the Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Medical Center, though conflicting accounts have left basic details of the case unsettled a day later. Los Angeles police have not released a suspect description or any information about what triggered the attack, and investigators say the people who were hurt are not cooperating.
According to CBS News, three people were stabbed outside the Kaiser facility, located in the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. The outlet reported that paramedics found three men in critical condition and that they were taken to another hospital because the Kaiser location is not a trauma center.
NBC Los Angeles offered a different picture of the incident, reporting that at least two people were hospitalized following what it described as a possible stabbing and shooting near the hospital. Per NBC Los Angeles, one of the injured transported themselves to a hospital with a gunshot wound, while the other had a cut that may have stemmed from a stabbing.
Call Came In Monday Afternoon
Emergency responders were called to the intersection of West Martin Luther King Boulevard and Marlton Avenue at 4:49 p.m. Monday for a report of at least two injured people, the station's report states. That timing lines up closely with the Los Angeles Fire Department's account, cited by CBS News, that paramedics found the men in critical condition around 4:50 p.m.
The discrepancy between the two counts of victims, and between accounts of stabbing-only versus stabbing-and-shooting injuries, remains unresolved. Neither outlet's reporting reconciled the numbers, and no additional law enforcement statement was available to clarify which version is accurate.
Victims Not Talking to Police
Authorities said it is unclear what led up to the individuals' wounds, and the case remains under investigation, according to the same account. Complicating that effort, the two injured people are not cooperating with police, leaving investigators without firsthand information about what set off the violence just steps from a major medical campus.
The Los Angeles Police Department had no immediate suspect description or information about what led to the incident as of CBS News' report, which was published Monday evening. No further details on potential charges, a case number, or confirmed victim identities had surfaced as the investigation continued.
