David Cook Arrested For Attempted Murder; Was Recognized As Man Wanted In West Hollywood Stabbing

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an alert member of the public recognized him as the person wanted in a stabbing in West Hollywood, according to Los Angeles sheriff’s officials.

David Cook, 44, was in custody Monday on suspicion of attempted murder, and is being held on $1 million bail, according to authorities.

Sheriff’s officials had released images on Friday of a man they were trying to identify in connection with a stabbing last Monday in the 7800 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Firefighters had arrived to find a man bleeding profusely from his neck and upper torso, and he told deputies he had just been walking home with a bag of sodas when he was attacked.

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