Authorities said the attacks—a deadly hours-long rampage across two Orange County cities—appeared to have begun as robberies but added that “pure hate” might also be a potential motive.
Investigators are trying to determine what led a man to embark on a deadly hours-long rampage across two Orange County cities on Wednesday, fatally stabbing four people and wounding two others.“I’ve been a police officer for 30 years, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a suspect kill four people and stab others,” Garden Grove Police Lt. Carl Whitney said. “It’s pure evil.”
The investigation began when two people came home to find that their apartment on Jentges Avenue in Garden Grove had been ransacked and called police. As officers were responding to that call, an armed robbery was reported at a nearby bakery in the 13000 block of Chapman Avenue. The robber fled in a silver Mercedes, police said.
“This female employee was very brave; this guy was armed with knives,” Whitney said. “She fought as best as she could against this armed suspect and sustained multiple stab wounds.”Next, about 6:09 p.m., the man pulled up at a Chevron gas station in the 13300 block of Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove and attacked a man pumping gas, stabbing him in the back as well as nearly cutting off the man’s nose, police said. The victim was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.
“They were willing to come forward and help the Police Department, give us information that was crucial in getting this guy identified and help this guy who was stabbed and sustained serious injuries,” Whitney said. “The public really stepped up to help this guy.”After leaving the gas station, the suspect drove south on Harbor Boulevard, stopping at a Subway sandwich shop in the 3800 block of West 1st Street in Santa Ana about 6:16 p.m. There, he fatally stabbed a third man, authorities said.
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