Woman stabbed to death at her Sylmar home, boyfriend in custody after manhunt, LAPD says

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A woman's boyfriend was taken into custody Thursday morning after a search prompted by the stabbing death of a 35-year-old victim at her Sylmar home, authorities said.

Officers responded to the residence on Beaver Street just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The woman was rushed to a hospital with stab wounds but later died.

As the search for her killer got underway, police described the suspect in the stabbing as the victim's 35-year-old boyfriend, who fled the scene before officers arrived.

Additional details about the incident were not available.

Shortly before 10 a.m., an LAPD spokesperson told ABC7 that a suspect was in custody in connection with the killing. Details of how and where he was apprehended were not available.

The names of the victim and suspect were not immediately released.

A Los Angeles Unified District spokesperson said students and staff from nearby Gridley-Montanez Dual Language Academy were temporarily relocated to Maclay Middle School due to the police activity.

"In an abundance of caution, the Los Angeles School Police Department will have an officer on campus providing direct support to our school community and will be providing directed patrol in the neighborhood," the LAUSD said in a statement after the suspect was taken into custody, adding that normal operations would resume at Gridley Elementary on Friday. "Our school also has mental health resources for students impacted by this incident."

"This shouldn't be happening. It sucks for the community," said a woman who gave her name only as Destiny, the mother of a Gridley Elementary student. "There were cops everywhere, walking around the whole complex. The ambulance came and it was just chaos."

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