{"id":259501,"date":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259501\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:26:08","slug":"manhunt-underway-for-murder-suspect-in-sylmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259501\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt underway for murder suspect in Sylmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wu8ovrrwzxpq1ahp.jpg\" alt=\"Murder suspect search underway in Sylmar\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">SYLMAR, Calif. &#8211; A massive police manhunt is underway in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/la-los-angeles-county\/sylmar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sylmar<\/a> Thursday morning for a man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to police,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/organization\/lapd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> LAPD<\/a> officers originally responded to a stabbing call at around 9:21 p.m. Wednesday near Beaver Street and Dronfield Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">At the scene, they discovered a 35-year-old woman suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to the hospital where she later died from her injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Witnesses identified the attacker as the victim\u2019s boyfriend, noting that he ran away from the scene immediately after the crime.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Students at nearby Gridley-Montanez Dual Language Academy will be temporarily relocated to Maclauy Middle School due to the ongoing police activity in the area, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/education\/lausd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Unified School District <\/a>said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">School administrators &#8220;remain in communication with local authorities for important updates about our local community,&#8221; according to a statement issued to parents.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;We will provide updates as they become available,&#8221; the district said.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The identity of the suspect has not yet been released to the public, and it is unknown if he is armed with the original weapon or other tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Police are continuing to clear the area within the perimeter at Hubbard and Eighth Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information from the Los Angeles Police and Fire departments.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/la-los-angeles-county\/sylmar\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylmar<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYLMAR, Calif. &#8211; A massive police manhunt is underway in Sylmar Thursday morning for a man accused of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1184,2042,48,52,6086,51,47,137,50,49,100,32893,1181],"class_list":["post-259501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-los-angeles-county","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news","tag-sylmar","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}