Man Driving Truck With NC Plates Sought in Fatal Stabbing in Parking Lot of ... - KTLA
, just north of Hollywood Boulevard ( map ), about 8:30 a. m. ,according to Lt. John Jenal of the Los Angeles Police Department said at an early afternoon news conference near the scene. The parking lot is used by the nearly century-old Hollywood institution Musso & Frank Grill, located around the corner on Hollywood Boulevard. The victim was a Hispanic man about 28 or 29 years old, Officer Liliana Preciado said. Jenal later described the victim only as a man in his mid-20s. Three people — possibly two men and a woman — fled the scene in a brown Ford F-150 pickup truck with North Carolina plates and black rims, LAPD Officer Tony Im said. Jenal later said there was only one suspect, a black man in his mid-20s. It escalated into a stabbing, where the victim succumbed to his wounds,” Jenal said. The man was last seen fleeing southbound on Las Palmas Avenue and onto Hollywood Boulevard in the truck, which had North Carolina license plate No. CLJ5472, Jenal said. A vehicle matching the description of the truck was later reported abandoned by a tenant at a apartment complex on Camrose Avenue, near the Hollywood Bowl, less than a half-mile away from the stabbing scene. Source: ktla.com
