By Karen Kucher
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
9:25 a.m. September 24, 2009
CHULA VISTA – The estranged husband of a woman staying with relatives is accused of entering the family home and stabbing two people in an early morning attack Thursday, leaving one victim in critical condition, police said.
Police responding to a report of an intruder at a home on Pineridge Court near Cumbre View around 1:45 a.m. found a man and a woman suffering from stab wounds and a man being detained by family members, said police Lt. Gary Ficacci.
The intruder turned out to be the estranged husband of a woman who was temporarily staying at the home.
Police said the man entered through an unlocked back door and either was confronted by or attacked his brother-in-law inside the home. The victim suffered critical knife wounds and is being treated at a trauma center, Ficacci said. The intruder's sister-in-law also fought with the man and was wounded, although not as seriously, Ficacci said.
The rest of the family fought with the man, finally subduing him before officers arrived. The man was injured and is being treated at a hospital.
“I think they hit him with everything they could find,” Ficacci said.
He will be arrested on several charges, including suspicion of burglary and assault with a deadly weapon, the lieutenant said.
The man's estranged wife was in the home with her 2-year-old child. They were not injured.
Chula Vista police requested a Vietnamese translator from the San Diego Police Department to assist with interviews in the case
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