LOS ANGELES, CA – A man was critically injured and another man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing near Roosevelt Middle School in Glendale on Sunday, according to the Glendale Police Department.
Officers responded at about 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, to a fight between two men in the 1100 block of South Glendale Avenue, police said. The injured man was taken to a hospital, where he remained in stable but critical condition.
Police identified the suspect as Levon Hakobyan, 30. He was booked into the Glendale Police Department Jail for attempted murder.
Fight on South Glendale Avenue
Police said the call involved a fight between two men in the 1100 block of South Glendale Avenue, an area near Roosevelt Middle School. The department described the location in those terms in its account of the case.
According to the department, one of the men brandished what was described as a folding pocketknife during the altercation. Police said he attacked the other man and stabbed him.
Officers arrived and found one man suffering from serious stab wounds, according to police. The attacker had run from the scene before officers got there.
Victim in stable but critical condition
The stabbing victim was taken to a hospital with serious stab wounds. Police said he remained in stable but critical condition after the attack.
The department had not released the victim’s name or age.
Suspect tracked down and booked
After the attacker fled, officers continued to look for him. Police said they located and identified Hakobyan, took him into custody and booked him into the Glendale Police Department Jail for attempted murder.
Police said Hakobyan is the man who pulled the folding pocketknife and stabbed the other man. That account comes from the department, and the allegations have not been tested in court.
An arrest is not a conviction, and the allegations remain subject to the criminal court process. Any decision on formal charges rests with prosecutors, who review the evidence a police department submits after an arrest.
Crime statistics and booking logs
The Glendale Police Department publishes crime statistics, monthly summaries and booking logs on a City of Glendale page. The page is the department’s public channel for records of arrests and reported crime in the city.
The department said in its account of the case that Hakobyan was booked into its own jail. Booking records for the department are among the materials it posts there.
Police ask for tips
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to contact the Glendale Police Department at (818) 548-4840. Police said they had no other details to release about the fight.
The department did not say what led to the fight or whether the two men knew each other. It also did not say whether any students or school staff were nearby when the attack happened.
Investigation remains active
The investigation into the stabbing is ongoing, according to the Glendale Police Department. The victim remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition in the information released Sunday.
Hakobyan was in custody on the attempted murder booking, and no charging decision had been announced as of Tuesday, Nov. 10.
