Eureka Police Department press release: 

 

On March 2, 2017, at about 1:49 a.m., Officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the 1300 block of Summer Street for the report that a female had just been stabbed.

Based on the preliminary investigation, it appears the female victim, 30 year old of Petrolia, was walking with a male on 14th Street between Pine and Summer Streets when the male stabbed the female for unknown reasons. The male was last seen running east on 14th Street. No other description of the male is available at this time.

The victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance and was flown to an out of the area hospital for the treatment of serious injuries.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Detective Cosetti at (707) 441-4315.