CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES
A 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death before slitting his throat in front of deputies was expected to survive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday.
Deputies went to a home in the 900 block of North Eastman Avenue in the City Terrace area about 3 p.m. Thursday after neighbors heard a young woman screaming, Sgt. Diane Hecht said in a statement. When deputies arrived, they saw the man holding a knife to his throat at the front door.
He was ordered to drop the knife but instead slit his throat, Hecht said. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was expected to survive, she said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name was not released, pending notification of her family. Authorities said the couple, who previously lived together, had been involved in an argument and deputies had been called to the house by the woman earlier that afternoon to take a domestic violence report.
-- Ruben Vives
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