The Brief
- Questions of security arise for Oakland’s Highland Hospital after a man was stabbed while helping his injured friend in the ER waiting area.
- The male victim says he was stabbed four times at around 3 a.m. on Saturday.
- Police say the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation. The suspect was arrested and identified.
OAKLAND, Calif. – A man who says he was stabbed four times while helping an injured friend inside Oakland’s Highland Hospital emergency room is questioning how an attacker managed to bring a knife into the facility.
Stabbed at the ER waiting area
Joshua Parks said he brought a friend to the emergency room around 3 a.m. Saturday after the friend broke a leg. While helping adjust crutches near a wheelchair, Parks said, he was attacked from behind by a man he did not know.
“Next thing I know, somebody just attacked me from behind,” Parks said. “I didn’t know I was stabbed initially until the person I was with was trying to tell the nurse my neck was bleeding.”
Four puncture wounds
Photos taken Saturday morning show four puncture wounds on Parks’ arm, back and neck. He said one of the wounds was just inches from a major artery.
Parks received treatment for his injuries but said the experience left him shaken, particularly because he was inside a hospital when the attack happened.…