United States: A stabbing near Denver’s 16th Street Mall left one woman who is dead, and two others injured on Saturday night. Police are actually searching for the suspect, who they believe had no connection to the victims, and are still unclear on the motive. The investigation is ongoing.
The police released a photograph and a video footage showing the suspect clad in dark clothes while having dark hair. The suspect they said was a White man wearing a gray or dark green jacket which was not a hooded jacket, black jeans, and black Adidas shoes with white stripes at the middle.
DPD released an updated timeline of the stabbings Sunday evening:
As reported by the 16th and Tremont Streets around 5:12 p.m. There was a male who had himself ferried to a hospital with serious but not serious enough for his life.
Tragedy strikes Denver’s 16th Street Mall: Flight attendant Celinda Levno brutally killed in random stabbing. Two others injured. Suspect still at large. Stay alert, downtown Denver. 🚨 https://t.co/DQpMMQ1M6F pic.twitter.com/DR3WphJVtj
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16th and California Streets around 5:17 p.m. Saturday. The lady who was a flight attendant with American Airlines on a connecting flight was had to be taken to the hospital and was declared dead on Sunday morning.
16th and Lawrence Streets around 5:45 p.m. A man was rushed to the hospital, but he was not critically injured.
Then during Sunday evening news conference, the Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas reported that in the first incident a man was stabbed on the face. That man reported the attack once he got himself to the hospital, so police weren’t aware of it until around 6:20 p.m., Thomas said.
The woman who died was stabbed in the throat, Thomas said.
“There’s someone out there who is indiscriminately stabbing people and causing significant harm," Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said. https://t.co/FBJ0hF4ja8
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A source interviewed by CBS Colorado, who has owned a business in the mall for more than decades, said that his cousin was the one who heard the noise after the second stabbing and went out to find the victim.
He saw one lady lying down on the floor, and she was wounded,” But bleeding was coming out, so he is scared and said ‘brother, brother, this accident happened,’ said Shyam Shrestha of Mt. Everest Imports of Himalaya.
Shrestha asked his cousin to shut the store right away.
“We think not good, this kind of thing going on in downtown,” Shrestha said. “So many bad things happen. My store, they break the door, they are stealing lots of jewelry here.
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