Man dead after attempted murder-suicide involving mother at El Camino College in Torrance

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A man was found dead after an attempted murder-suicide involving his mother took place at El Camino College in Torrance Friday night.

Officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a parking structure near Redondo Beach Boulevard and Stadium Way at around 5:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Authorities found a woman with multiple stab wounds and a man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said the woman, who was bleeding profusely on the sidewalk, was screaming for help, saying her son had stabbed her. She was rushed to the hospital by paramedics with critical injuries.

Lying on the pavement outside the structure was the male suspect’s body. Witnesses said the man had reportedly stabbed his mother before running to the fifth floor of the parking structure and jumping to his death.