Updated: 12:36 a.m., Jan. 5, 2012.
When confronted, a man who was puncturing tires in a city park parking lot responded by allegedly slashing and stabbing one person and stabbing another, said Manhattan Beach Police Detective Mike Rosenberger.
The incident took place between 10:55 and 11 p.m. on Dec. 26 in the parking lot of Marine Avenue Park, 1625 Marine Avenue. The two stabbing victims declined medical treatment, said Rosenberger.
The suspect used what the victims described as something like an ice pick. They opted to let the man flee after they were wounded, Rosenberger said.
Police believe a suspect left some personal items behind, including identification, however, they have yet to confirm whether or not the person in the identification is the suspect.
Rosenberger said once police have a photo of the man whose identification was at the scene, the victims will have a chance to look at it to see if the man is the suspect.
He told Patch Friday night that police plan to show a photo line-up to the victims sometime next week. Police believe the suspect may be a transient from out of the state.
Thanks for reporting this, Liz. Perhaps you can comment on how and when you came upon this information, as the timing of your post is consistent with a growing and very troublesome recent trend whereby the reporting of crimes in our MB neighborhoods seems to often be delayed by days, weeks or even months ... and for what possible community benefit?!?
Cathy
http://m.tbrnews.com/news/redondo_beach/redondo-police-try-to-id-man-who-stabbed-two-/article_9c31674c-54a0-11e2-b9cb-001a4bcf887a.html
Investigators were watching recordings from cameras focused on numerous entrances to the mall in hopes of spotting the bearded man in a brown-and-green fatigue-style jacket. The man is sought for pulling a kitchen knife on the teens Saturday evening and stabbing them in their chests, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Shawn Freeman said. The teens described the man as black, 40 to 50 years old, and tall with a medium build. He had a beard and a possibly graying mustache, and might have worn prescription glasses. He wore a possibly green-and-brown fatigue-style jacket, blue jeans, a black T-shirt and a dark-colored beanie. Police are hoping the teens improve enough to help create a sketch of the suspect that can be released to the news media and public as soon as possible, Freeman said. Police asked that anyone with information about the stabbing call the Redondo Beach police tip line at 310-937-6685 or text to 310-339-2362. Emails can be sent to crimetips@redondo.org. larry.altman@dailybreeze.com
Chris T. - Yes, completely different incident that you are referring to. To the anonymous poster questioning the article though, unfortunately it is completely true as the victims are friends of a friend. Nothing untrue about the stabbing at Galleria. Horrible thing that happened there to very innocent people. The Marine Park incident sounds very shady, as the victim declined medical treatment. Sounds like those involved were up to no good and those type of incidents are less scary to the public (in my opinion) than something like the random stabbing of innocent people at a mall with a family minding their own business.
Mr. Altman could be the biggest tree-hugging free love hippie in the world, but at least he included the following (extremely useful) info in his article, "The teens described the man as black, 40 to 50 years old, and tall with a medium build. He had a beard and a possibly graying mustache, and might have worn prescription glasses. He wore a possibly green-and-brown fatigue-style jacket, blue jeans, a black T-shirt and a dark-colored beanie."