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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Gregory Yee, Richard Winton and Kevin Rector

Doctor, 2 nurses stabbed at Encino Hospital Medical Center; suspect barricaded

LOS ANGELES — A doctor and two nurses at Encino Hospital Medical Center were stabbed Friday afternoon by a suspect who is believed to be barricaded in a room at the facility, according to authorities.

Officers were called to the hospital at 3:50 p.m., said Officer Drake Madison, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

Police sources and Elizabeth Nikels, a spokesperson for Prime Healthcare, which runs the hospital, confirmed that the victims are a doctor and two nurses, who were taken to a nearby trauma center.

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