A man was found dead after an attempted murder-suicide involving his mother took place at El Camino College in Torrance Friday night.
Officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a parking structure near Redondo Beach Boulevard and Stadium Way at around 5:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Authorities found a woman with multiple stab wounds and a man who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses said the woman, who was bleeding profusely on the sidewalk, was screaming for help, saying her son had stabbed her. She was rushed to the hospital by paramedics with critical injuries.
Lying on the pavement outside the structure was the male suspect’s body. Witnesses said the man had reportedly stabbed his mother before running to the fifth floor of the parking structure and jumping to his death.
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A man was found dead outside a parking structure at El Camino College after an attempted murder-suicide involving his mother on August 9, 2024. (KTLA) -
Paramedics rushed a woman with stab wounds to the hospital after she was allegedly stabbed by her son in an attempted murder-suicide at El Camino College in Torrance on August 9, 2024. (TNLA) -
A man was found dead outside a parking structure at El Camino College after an attempted murder-suicide involving his mother on August 9, 2024. (KTLA) -
Paramedics rushed a woman with stab wounds to the hospital after she was allegedly stabbed by her son in an attempted murder-suicide at El Camino College in Torrance on August 9, 2024. (TNLA) -
A man was found dead outside a parking structure at El Camino College after an attempted murder-suicide involving his mother on August 9, 2024. (KTLA) -
A jacket and a knife was spotted in a stairwell at the parking structure at El Camino College after an attempted murder-suicide involving a son and his mother on August 9, 2024. (KTLA) -
A man was found dead outside a parking structure at El Camino College after an attempted murder-suicide involving his mother on August 9, 2024. (KTLA) -
Police investigate the fifth story of the parking structure where the suspect reportedly jumped to his death from. (KTLA) -
The deadly incident took place at Parking Lot H at El Camino College in Torrance on August 9, 2024. (KTLA) -
El Camino College in Torrance, California. (KTLA)
“There was lots of blood everywhere,” a witness recalled.
Details remain limited and the circumstances leading up to the deadly incident remain unclear.
Sky5 captured images of what appeared to be a jacket and a knife located in a stairwell at the parking structure.
Staff and students received a text message about the incident that read, “An apparent suicide has occurred at Parking Lot H. El Camino College Police is working with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to investigate the matter.”
The campus remained closed on Friday night as authorities continued investigating the case.
Neither the suspect’s nor the victim’s identities were released.