The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner (DME) has released the name of the victim killed in a stabbing death on the Metrolink platform at the Sylmar-San Fernando station last Friday. Authorities arrested a suspect several hours following the deadly incident.
Rudy Ortiz was 30 years old. His manner of death was listed as homicide, caused by stab wound(s) to the neck, according to the DME. No additional information about the victim has been released, said Officer Nathalie Downs of the LA Police Department (LAPD).
LAPD Mission Division officers responded to a call about the stabbing at the station on Frank Modugno Drive shortly after 2 p.m. on July 31. They discovered the victim bleeding on the platform, where he was later pronounced dead…