A 24-year-old female was hospitalized after a homeless man in North Hollywood stabbed her with garden shears, lodging them 1.5 inches into her skull.
” The pointer of the blade of the object was so near a major artery in her brain that her cosmetic surgeon needed to leave among the bone fragments,” said the lady’s mother Amy Watts.
Watts’ daughter Kyli was randomly assaulted by a homeless man earlier this month in North Hollywood. It was initially reported that she was attacked with scissors.
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Watt’s stated her daughter was on her way to a cafe on Lankershim Boulevard in the middle of the day when a man walking in the opposite instructions stabbed her in the head with a pair of garden shears with a 4-inch blade.
Kyli suffered a traumatic brain injury as an outcome of the attack. Random attacks like this, at the hands of people experiencing homelessness, are becoming regular throughout Southern California.
” This is taking place increasingly more not because LA is specifically hazardous or since the unhoused population is particularly dangerous,” Watts said. “It is a mental health crisis. That is the root.”
Watt’s said her child’s hope is more will be done for those struggling with mental disorder and harbored no hatred to the guy who attacked her.
” There’s no hatred,” said Watts. “There’s also a clear understanding that this individual being secured is absolutely necessary for their wellness and the wellness of those around them.”
Although Watts said Kyli simply moved to L.A. a couple of weeks before the attack and will be going to the East Coast so her mama can help with her healing, the 24-year-old is not composing L.A. off.
” She was discussing, ‘Mommy I really like this city,” Watts stated. “‘ No, it is not going to be anytime soon however I believe I will be back here.'”
Kyli’s enemy is still in prison on a $3 million bond and has a court date for next week. Her friend has established a crowdfunding campaign considering that the 24-year-old does not have medical insurance.
CBSLA Staff