A 51-year-old man was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the head and neck in Hillcrest by a man he was arguing with Sunday evening, police said.

Bystanders called 911 to report the stabbing near the intersection of Essex Street and Richmond Street about 7:10 p.m. Police said the two men got into an argument which escalated into the stabbing.

Officers found the victim with stab wounds and lacerations after he walked to the corner of Richmond Street and University Avenue.

The assailant was last seen running west on Essex Street. He was described as being between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8, under 40 years old, wearing a black and gray pullover, gray sweatpants and Nike running shoes.


Police are reviewing surveillance video and asking witnesses to help them identify the suspect.

“If anybody has any information, we’d like to get this guy off the street, it was a pretty brutal attack,” San Diego police Lt. Andra Brown told NBC 7 San Diego. “The sun was still up, it’s not a quiet neighborhood, there’s a lot of people around, so we’d like to get this guy off the street.”


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UPDATES:

7:25 a..m.: This article was updated with additional details.

This article was originally published at 8:30 p.m. April 8.