Second man involved in 'unprovoked' double stabbing outside Glendale courthouse dies at hospital

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Los Angeles County Coroner’s officials load the body of a man who was found stabbed to death near the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Two men were found stabbed early Monday morning. Another man was found lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A Glendale Police Department forensics officer pushes a cart filled with bags of evidence collected at the scene of a double stabbing in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Forensics officers with the Glendale Police Department go over evidence next to a tent covering a stabbing victim in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, September 28, 2015. Two men were found stabbed early Monday morning. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A Glendale Police Department forensics officer takes photographers of evidence lying on Broadway in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police Department forensics officers gather evidence of a stabbing in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A Glendale Police Department forensics officer picks up and bags evidence of a double stabbing in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Multiple bags of evidence are gathered in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A tarp and a tent conceal the body of a stabbing victim in front of the Glendale courthouse on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. One man was found dead while another man was discovered lying in a pool of blood after he called police using a call box. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Oct. 1, 2015 7:56 AM PT

[UPDATE 10/1 11:13 a.m.] The second victim in the double stabbing outside the Glendale courthouse early Monday morning died in the hospital, police said.

Police believe the man, identified as 30-year-old Sunland resident Minas Arutyunyan, was attacked, unprovoked, by another man, identified as 57-year-old Glendale resident Alex Littlejohn.

Arutyunyan was stabbed multiple times but was able to fight back, which resulted in Littlejohn’s death, according to Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.

After the fight, which occurred just before 2 a.m. Monday, Arutyunyan was able to walk to the Glendale police station, where he used the call box to ask dispatchers for help.

Police and paramedics responded right away and found him lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

Investigators followed the trail of blood to the front of the Glendale courthouse, where Littlejohn was found dead with multiple stab wounds.

A knife was recovered somewhere within the crime scene.

Arutyunyan was transported to the hospital, where he underwent surgery and was expected to survive. Police were waiting for him to be medically cleared before speaking with him about the incident, but he died in the hospital the following evening.

“This is very unexpected for us,” said Glendale Police Sgt. Robert William.

The cause of death remains under investigation.

Details on what led up to the fight were not available, but detectives have determined that no other suspects were involved.

UPDATE

10:13 a.m.: This story was updated to include additional details about the incident, including the 30-year-old victim’s identity.

11:13 a.m.: The name of the second victim has been updated after police initially idenitifed the man as “Misak.”

Second man involved in ‘unprovoked’ double stabbing outside Glendale courthouse dies at hospital