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LA police arrested a man on Sunday suspected of stabbing his parents, killing his mother and wounding his father.
Henry Briones, 19, was taken into custody at the scene and arrested for murder.
The Los Angeles Police Department were called to a stabbing at 12.38am local time at a home in Wilmington, Los Angeles.
Officers attended the house on the 900 block of North Banning Boulevard near East Opp Street.
Video from the scene, obtained by KTLA, shows the suspect covered in blood and wearing no clothes. The man was arrested and transported to hospital for evaluation.
Police believe the man stabbed his parents, but it is not clear his motivation. Police are investigating whether the suspect was under the influence of drugs.
The mother, identified only as a 43-year-old Hispanic woman, died at the scene from her injuries.
The father, a 39-year-old Hispanic man, was taken to a nearby hospital by the Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics in a stable condition.
Additional footage shows a bloody man sitting in the street with a large gash on his back, according to KTLA.
Police were also seen talking to a young woman wrapped in a blanket, who appears uninjured, KTLA reports.
The investigation is ongoing.
