Search For Stabbing Suspect Prompts Pasadena Lockdown

PASADENA, CA — Mayfield Junior High School and surrounding streets were placed on lockdown in Pasadena Friday morning while police searched for a stabbing suspect.

A 48-year-old man was stabbed and critically wounded, said Pasadena Police Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian. The stabbing occurred just after 9 a.m. in front of an apartment building in the 100 block of South Euclid Avenue, and the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to Derderian. The school was place on lockdown, and police closed Green Street and California Boulevard, from Los Robles Avenue to Marengo Avenue, while they searched for a suspect believed to be armed and dangerous.

Officers set up a perimeter containment to search for the suspect, who fled on foot, Derderian said. The block-by-block search involved helicopters and K-9 units, she said.

Residents and commuters were advised to avoid the area.

It was an eerie time for the neighborhood. According to the Pasadena Star-News, residents watched helicopters circle overhead while police speakers blared, “We have you surrounded.”

By the end of the school day, the lockdown was lifted, but police still had not found the suspect.

The suspect remains at large. The suspect was described as black, in his 50s, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall and balding on the top of his head, Derderian said.

City News Service contributed to this report.