A man was stabbed Monday in the parking lot of a Gelson's market in the Valley Village area when he went to the aid of a security guard who was detaining a shoplifting suspect, police said.
According to police, a security guard was outside the market at Riverside Drive and Laurel Canyon Boulevard and in the process of detaining a woman suspected of shoplifting when she screamed and her boyfriend tried to intervene about 10 a.m.
The boyfriend allegedly attacked the loss prevention officer and also stabbed the bystander in the upper body and back of the neck, police said.
The victim was taken to a hospital, but his name and a condition report were not immediately released.
His alleged attacker was also taken to a medical center for treatment of cuts apparently sustained during the altercation, then was taken into custody, along with his girlfriend.
Their names were not immediately released.
