Teacher’s Aide Stabbed, Beaten
Three men, possibly gang members, beat and stabbed a teacher’s aide Thursday in a parking lot across from Columbus Middle School in Canoga Park, authorities said.
“They totally hit her by surprise,” said Socorro Serrano, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Unified School District. “It seems she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Students were in class when the attack occurred, and there are no known witnesses, authorities said.
The 41-year-old woman, whose identity was not made public, was treated for a stab wound to her stomach and other injuries at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where she was in stable condition Thursday afternoon and expected to be released.
The woman was carrying a purse, but her assailants did not attempt to take it.
“We’re sort of at a loss for motive,” said LAPD Det. Rick Swanston, adding that the attack could have been a case of mistaken identity.
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