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Chicago Woman Among 2 Violently Attacked in San Diego Home: PD

The woman was visiting from Chicago when she and a San Diego woman were taken hostage in the home, police said

A San Diego woman was killed and a Chicago woman injured when they were taken hostage in their home in a violent attack, San Diego police said.

A prowler broke into a home on Mill Peak Road at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The home is located west of College Avenue and north of Interstate 8 in the Del Cerro neighborhood.

Police said the prowler tried to break into one home but residents scared him off. Then he went to the home next door and smashed through a back sliding door using heavy weights.

Inside that home were a 74-year-old woman and another woman in her 50s, police said. The suspect sexually assaulted the women at knife point.

When officers arrived, they could hear loud screams from inside the home.

SWAT officers immediately set up a perimeter outside the home and pinpointed the suspect and hostages in a locked bedroom.

When officers entered the locked bedroom the suspect dropped a knife and surrendered to police.

Eduardo Torres, 20, of San Diego, was arrested and removed from the home in handcuffs. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.

The older victim died from stab wounds, according to SDPD Lt. Manny Del Toro. She was described as the resident of the home.

The second victim — a Chicago woman who was visiting San Diego — suffered stab wounds to her upper body, police said.

A 56-year-old man escaped the home unharmed, police said.

No other information was immediately available.

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