An 80-year-old veteran was rushed to a hospital after being stabbed multiple times while out on a pre-dawn run on Saturday morning in the Bay Park neighborhood of San Diego.
Around 5:20 a.m., the octogenarian was running at Littlefield and Frankfort Streets when a man pushed him to the ground and stabbed him in the throat, the back of his neck and his wrist, according to San Diego Police Department Watch Commander Officer David O'Brien.
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The suspect then fled the scene.
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The victim was expected to live, SDPD said, and he returned home from the hospital Saturday afternoon.
NBC 7 spoke with the man's wife, who said her husband has lived in Bay Park for 60 years.
According to his wife, the man left for his usual morning run. She said he felt like he was being followed, so he turned around to return home. That's when he was confronted by the suspect.
Police are still looking for the suspect, who the victim described as a man 30-35 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches, with long straight hair and no facial hair. He wore a dark jacket, dark pants and carried a skateboard.
SDPD's Northern Division is handling the investigation. Anyone with information related to the incident is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 619-235-8477, which accepts anonymous tips.
NBC 7's Jeanette Quezada contributed to this report.
