Video shows Hollywood stabbing attack

Thursday, May 17, 2018
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- New surveillance video has been released as police try to track down a man in a wheelchair who stabbed another man in Hollywood.

The video outlines the attack that happened Saturday morning on Hollywood Boulevard near Whitley Avenue.
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Detectives and witnesses say the victim, an employee of a nearby business, had approached a man in a wheelchair who was smoking marijuana near the business.

The two had a brief argument and then the man in the wheelchair stood up, pulled out a knife, and stabbed the victim in the arm.
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The victim walked away and the suspect then left the scene.

Police initially arrested a 22-year-old homeless man in the stabbing, but then released him, saying they did not believe that individual was the one who committed the crime.
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