San Francisco man charged with attempted murder in Chinatown stabbing
Charges announced in 'random' SF Chinatown stabbing
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Monday, announced charges against a man suspected of randomly stabbing a victim in Chinatown during broad daylight last week.
SAN FRANCISCO - A 37-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in what authorities described as an unprovoked, broad daylight stabbing in San Francisco’s Chinatown last week.
Suspect charged
What we know:
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that Jian Feng Huang was charged with attempted murder in connection with the attack at Stockton and Sacramento streets.
Huang, of San Francisco, will be arraigned Tuesday. He remains in custody.
Jenkins described the incident as a "horrific attack of an innocent man waiting to cross the street." She said there is no indication that the victim and the suspect knew each other.
Video shows suspect stabbing man in San Francisco Chinatown
A man appears to be waiting to cross a street in San Francisco's Chinatown, when surveillance video shows a man in a black hoodie suddenly lunge and stab the victim in the back.
Surveillance video captures attack
Dig deeper:
Surveillance footage circulating online shows a man in a black hoodie walking down Stockton Street before suddenly lunging at a man who was waiting at a corner to cross the street.
The attacker stabbed the victim in the back and then walked away, according to the video. The victim is seen collapsing to the ground.
The attack occurred shortly after 1 p.m.
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Bystanders rush to help
Local perspective:
Bystanders and business owners rushed to help the wounded man.
"We bring the ice and the towels to stop bleeding," said Rawnie Chan, manager of Flags International Services. Chan said the victim was speaking in Cantonese and said he was in pain.
One business owner said she grabbed frozen dumplings from an office refrigerator to place on the wound because there were no restaurants nearby with ice available.
Victim recovering
Jenkins said the victim is recovering at a local hospital. Authorities previously said the victim suffered life-threatening injuries and has undergone at least two surgeries.
The Source: This story was written based on information from San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.