Police ID Suspect in Attack on Doctor, Nurses at LA Hospital

Police ID Suspect in Attack on Doctor, Nurses at LA Hospital
Police and emergency personnel stand outside Encino Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles on June 3, 2022. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES—Police on Saturday identified the man who allegedly stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward and remained inside a room for hours before police arrested him.

Ashkan Amirsoleymani, 35, has been booked on three counts of attempted murder related to Friday’s attack, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Twitter.