Global Courant 2023-05-06 09:19:10
Five people have now been arrested in connection with the stabbing of two teenagers near Los Angeles High School earlier this week, police say.
But one of those suspects — the only one whose name has been made public — was released from prison on Friday after failing to be formally charged within the required time, according to authorities.
Los Angeles Police Department announced Friday that Danny Ramon Lopez Sanchez, 23, of Los Angeles had been arrested two days earlier on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with Monday’s violent altercation outside LA’s oldest public high school.
However, LA County Sheriff’s Department jail records showed that Lopez Sanchez was released at the end of the business day on Friday, without posting bail set at $1 million.
A spokesman for the sheriff’s department confirmed that the release was necessary because Lopez Sanchez had not been charged within 48 hours, as required by state law. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office was not available for comment Friday night.
Police said they have also arrested four youths in connection with the incident: two on possible charges of attempted murder, one on suspicion of complicity in attempted murder and one on alleged possession of firearms. The names of those individuals have not been released and it is unclear whether any formal charges have been filed.
Authorities previously said as many as 10 people took part in Monday afternoon’s altercation, which the LAPD characterized as an “on-campus dispute.” Two people, ages 15 and 16, were hospitalized with stab wounds to the upper back, right arm and right leg, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said earlier this week.
One of them was a student at the school. Both were expected to survive.
School police had been near the campus, near Olympic and Rimpau boulevards in the Mid-Wilshire borough, but they were called away shortly before the stabbing to respond to a report that a gun had been found on another campus , LA School Police Department officials said so.
Just before the attack, a group of about 10 jumped out of two cars, a black Toyota and a red Cadillac, Moore said at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting. He said both vehicles were later found.
No information has been provided about a motive for the attack and the investigation is ongoing, the LAPD said.
