SHERMAN OAKS, CA — A 33-year-old was killed and a girl was injured in a Sherman Oaks stabbing Friday evening, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers responded at around 7:20 p.m. to reports of a stabbing in the 15000 block of Burbank Boulevard, just east of the 405 Freeway, where they found two victims suffering from stab wounds, police said.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced one victim, identified as 33-year-old Ikea Batty, dead at the scene.
The second victim, a juvenile girl, was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Police arrested 33-year-old Lyle Clark at the scene. He was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held on $2 million bail, according to the LAPD.
Authorities have not released a possible motive or details about the circumstances leading up to the stabbing.
Detectives with the LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division, Valley Bureau Section, are investigating the killing.
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