School stabbing suspect allegedly triggers bomb scare at hospital

A bomb scare Friday night at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood was due to a threat made by a man  who had been arrested on suspicion of stabbing his estranged 17-year-old girlfriend to death at South East High School in South Gate earlier that morning, sheriff's officials said.

The suspect, Abraham Lopez, 18, a senior at the school, claimed during questioning by detectives that he had placed explosives at various locations, including the parking structure of the hospital where the girl was taken after the attack, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department report.

An arson and explosives team was sent to the locations he identified, including the hospital parking structure, and found no suspicious devices, according to the report.

Coroner’s officials have not released the name of the girl who died. Lopez has been charged with murder in her death.