Senior citizen stabbed by 14-year-old in Pasadena


PASADENA >> Police arrested a 14-year-old boy after he repeatedly stabbed a 72-year-old man in Pasadena on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Pasadena received calls about 3:49 p.m. reporting a person being stabbed on the 1200 block of E. Orange Grove Avenue, Lt. John Luna said. Officers encountered the elderly victim suffering from multiple stab wounds to his torso, back and arms.
The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, fled the location, but was found an hour later at Oakland Avenue and Walnut Street, police said.
“The suspect told a person he was a victim, and that person called the police,” Luna said.
The teen, who was identified by a witness, was arrested for attempted murder and transferred to juvenile hall.
The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of what were ultimately found to be relatively superficial stab wounds and released the same day, Lt. Pete Hettema said.
The teenage suspect, who spent time living elsewhere before recently returning to the Orange Grove Avenue, told police he attacked the man because he recognized him as a man who had peeped on his sister in the past, Hettema said.
Police could not confirm whether the victim had any prior contact with the suspect or his family.

— Sandra Molina and Brian Day

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