Overview

• Officers responded around 9:40 a.m. to a reported stabbing outside the Downey City Library, where a male victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Police say a separate individual, not connected to the homicide, stole a Downey Fire Department ambulance from the scene and fled.
• The stolen ambulance was pursued by officers and crashed into a parked vehicle in Alhambra, where the suspect was arrested.
• Authorities report that both the alleged stabbing suspect and the ambulance theft suspect are in custody as the investigation continues.
• Coverage includes video of the chase and crash, and reports on the suspects’ identities and ages remain inconsistent or not publicly confirmed.