3 Injured in Stabbing at Encino Hospital – NBC Los Angeles

Three people were in critical condition following a stabbing attack Friday at a San Fernando Valley hospital, according to Los Angeles police.

The stabbings were reported in the 16000 block of Ventura Boulevard inside a building at Encino Hospital Medical Center, police said.

All three were initially in critical condition and transported to a local trauma center, a hospital spokesperson and LAFD said.

Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center said the three patients were stable later Friday evening.

The hospital was on lockdown, and surrounding streets were shut down.

After hours of being in a standoff with police, LAPD confirmed the attacker had been taken into custody around 8:30 p.m.

Details about the victims’ identities were not immediately available, but a hospital technician told NBCLA he saw a female doctor and two nurses with stab wounds.