Exclusive: Mother attacked by transient at Azusa park in front of two young children speaks out
By Mary Stringini
Mom who was attacked by transient at Azusa park speaks out
The mother who was attacked by a transient at a park in Azusa speaks exclusively to FOX 11.
AZUSA, Calif. - The mother who was attacked by a transient at a park in Azusa in front of her two young children earlier this week spoke exclusively to FOX 11 about the terrifying experience.
The female transient, who was named identified as the suspect, was arrested on Tuesday night, police said.
Brianna Hallquist, a 23-year-old transient from Phoenix, was arrested for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and criminal threats.
By City News Service
May 13, 2021
AZUSA (CNS) - An Arizona woman was in custody today for allegedly stabbing a mother who was playing with her children near an Azusa park, police said.
The attack occurred about 8 p.m. Tuesday near Edwards Park, in the 600 block of North Azusa Avenue, according to the Azusa Police Department.
Brianna Hallquist, 23, described by authorities as a transient from Phoenix, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats, according to police, with bail set at $1 million.
Officers sent to the park on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon found the victim with a stab wound to her upper body.
Woman arrested for stabbing mother in front of her two young children at park
By Mary Stringini
AZUSA, Calif. - A woman was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly stabbing a mother who was at the park with her two young children in Azusa, police said.
Brianna Hallquist, a 23-year-old transient from Phoenix, was arrested for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and criminal threats.
Officers responded to the area near Edwards Park, located at 600 N. Azusa Avenue, around 7:55 p.m. Tuesday night and located the mother suffering from a stab wound in her upper torso area.
She told officers that she was playing with her two minor-aged children at the park when a woman, later identified as Hallquist, approached the children and began looking at them as they played. The mother said she became nervous and immediately left the park with her children, walking southbound on Azusa Ave.
Updated on April 13, 2021 at 5:10 am
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One person was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Azusa that has prompted the closure of an intersection until further notice.
The accident was reported about 1:30 a.m. in the intersection of Azusa Avenue and Gladstone Street, according to the Azusa Police Department. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Video from the scene showed an SUV overturned and partially crushing the roof of a two-door sports car.
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Six people were injured, two of them seriously, when a police pursuit ended in a five-car crash Monday evening in Glendora, authorities said.
At about 5:45 p.m., officers with the Azusa Police Department were pursuing an Acura Integra that had been reported stolen, said Officer Rodrigo Jimenez, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol’s Baldwin Park office.
The car was headed south on Barranca Avenue in unincorporated Glendora when it crossed the center median and struck a Toyota Camry in the intersection of Barranca Avenue and Arrow Highway, Jimenez said.
The collision caused a “chain reaction,” striking three more cars in the intersection, Jimenez said. The crash ejected the driver of the stolen car, who was not wearing a seatbelt, he said. The driver and the sole passenger in the car suffered major injuries and were taken to a hospital.