“This individual is an opportunist who spotted them and stalked them and followed them to the area,” he said.
The women tried to run, but the subject knocked one of them down between two vehicles and stabbed her at least once and took some property from her.
The other woman hid behind a vehicle, Hamilton said.
The stabbing victim ran to the hospital with the co-worker after the subject fled. She was being treated for non life-threatening injuries, Hamilton said.
The lot where the women were attacked is fenced and requires a code to get into.
“Miami Valley has done an excellent job,” Hamilton said. “It’s hard to find a more well lit parking lot, and they have a wrought iron fence around it.”
The hospital has security and Dayton police patrol quite frequently, Hamilton said, calling the attack “brazen.”
He called the subject “a thug who preys on innocent victims.”
The suspect, a male of thin build, was wearing a hooded jacket with white strings. The hood was pulled tight around his face.
Hamilton said the suspect fits the description of a male wanted for an attack on an 84-year-old woman on Wyoming Street last week.
A K9 was brought on scene and tracked a scent to a wooded area behind the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, but no one was located. Hospital security is pulling surveillance video of the lot, Hamilton said.
If you have information about the incident, police ask that you call Miami Valley Crime Stoppers at (937) 222-STOP.
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