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CBS 8
July 1, 2015
Two firefighters who were jumped and stabbed during a medical-aid call at an East Village transit depot were recovering from their “near-death experience” Thursday.
“I’m very, very pleased to be here today to announce that those firefighters are going to be OK,” San Diego Fire Chief Javier Mainar said during a briefing at downtown police headquarters.
Ben Vernon, 32, and Alex Wallbertt, 37, were tending to a patient at the trolley station in the 500 block of Park Boulevard shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday when a bystander, 34-year-old Ryan Allen Jones, allegedly began interfering with them.
“He was asked several times by the firefighters to move back,” San Diego Police Department Chief Shelley Zimmerman told reporters. “He continued to interfere with the firefighters rendering the aid, and an altercation occurred.”
Jones allegedly attacked Vernon with a folding knife, prompting Wallbertt to come to his colleague’s aid. During the ensuing struggle, both firefighters suffered multiple stab wounds to their upper bodies.
Transit security officers ended the assault by pulling the 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound assailant off the victims and dousing him with pepper spray, authorities said. The guards then held Jones until police arrived.
Medics took Vernon to Scripps Mercy Hospital for treatment of stab wounds to his back, one of which resulted in a collapsed lung, Mainar said. Wallbertt was admitted to UCSD Medical Center with less severe injuries to his upper body.
