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.
“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.