Los Angeles police are investigating what happened in a fight over a samurai-style sword that left one woman dead and two others hospitalized.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called to a residential area of San Dimas on Thursday afternoon, where they were stopped by a bloody woman with cuts on her right leg and hand and holding a samurai-style sword. KTLA reported.
The woman appeared to want to show the police the sword, but upon orders from officers on the scene she put down the weapon and raised her hands.
Police Lt. Daniel Vizcarra told reporters the woman led police to a nearby home, where officers found another woman with bloody cuts, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
A third woman was found inside the home and taken to the hospital for a “medical emergency,” according to police. KTLA reported that the woman suffered a heart attack and was unharmed in the altercation.
Police efforts to determine what prompted the deadly attack have been slowed because the women speak only Mandarin.
“Preliminary investigations suggest there may be a family relationship, but again, due to the language barrier, this cannot be confirmed,” Vizcarra said.
Police said an interpreter was dispatched to both the home and the hospital.
