Homeless man stabbed several times by group of transients in Anaheim, police say
A homeless man was critically injured Tuesday after he was stabbed several times by at least a half-dozen transients near an Anaheim park, police said.
The man was attacked by six to seven people, who were also homeless, at 1:46 a.m. in the 1100 block of La Palma Parkway near La Palma Park, according to Sgt. Daron Wyatt, spokesman for the Anaheim Police Department.
A passerby spotted the victim bleeding in a nearby parking lot and immediately notified police, he said. The man was taken to a hospital.
Police arrived in the neighborhood shortly after and found one of the victim’s alleged attackers.
Police arrested Joshua Shawn Ryan, 23, of Anaheim on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and robbery, Wyatt said.
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