A suspect in a stabbing at a Walmart in Simi Valley plowed a automotive into a bunch of youngsters Tuesday afternoon close to Westlake Excessive College, killing one.
The crash was reported simply earlier than 2:40 p.m. on Lakeview Canyon Street in Thousand Oaks and concerned a automobile that police say was utilized by the stabbing suspect .
The automobile reportedly struck a bunch of youngsters, together with a 15-year-old boy, and two ladies aged 16 and 15, sheriff’s officers mentioned. The 15-year-old male pupil died at a neighborhood hospital, officers mentioned.
The unidentified driver was detained on the scene, then taken to a hospital, officers mentioned.
A white sedan mendacity on its roof within the roadway, which was anticipated to be closed for a number of hours.
The crash got here someday after the suspect was allegedly concerned in a stabbing in Simi Valley and a home incident in Camarillo, in accordance with police.
On Tuesday afternoon, Simi Valley police had been known as to a Walmart within the 250 block of Cochran Road after a buyer allegedly stabbed an worker inside the shop and fled the scene in a white Toyota Camry, metropolis police mentioned.
The worker was taken to a hospital in unknown situation.
The suspect then traveled to Camarillo and was concerned in an argument with members of the family that didn’t end in accidents earlier than driving to Thousand Oaks, sheriff’s officers mentioned.
“I used to be strolling with buddies and I feel I used to be circled at that second after which the following second, I feel I hear like, very loud, larger screeching,” Erik Bergh, a Westlake Excessive College pupil who witnesses the crash, advised ABC7 . “It feels like a automotive’s on the sidewalk after which I hear individuals screaming and operating after which I flip round and I simply see this massive automotive barreling in direction of me and there’s particles flying in all places.”
It’s unknown what occurred within the lead-up to the crash or if it was was intentional.
“Throughout this time of unimaginable loss, our ideas and prayers stay with these college students, their households, buddies, and your complete Warrior neighborhood,” Conjeo Valley Unified College District Supt. Mark McLaughlin mentioned in a press release to folks.
“We, as a tight-knit faculty neighborhood and district, recognize your assist and continued take care of each other at the moment, and all the time,” McLaughlin mentioned.
McLaughlin mentioned psychological well being counselors can be on campuses districtwide Wednesday for college kids, workers and households.
Ventura County sheriff officers mentioned the motive for the stabbing on the Walmart can be unclear.
“The incident concerned a buyer stabbing an worker inside the retailer. The suspect fled the scene earlier than officers arrived. Witnesses offered details about the suspect’s automobile, which was described as a white Toyota Camry, lacking the entrance bumper. Witnesses additionally offered the license plate variety of the suspect automobile,” officers mentioned in a press release. “The sufferer of the stabbing, who suffered a minimum of one stab wound, was transported to a neighborhood trauma middle for remedy.”
