COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police continued to look for a suspect while a woman recovered after being stabbed during an apparent abduction attempt in the parking lot of a West Side fitness club Thursday morning.
Homicide detectives say Rikki Whitaker, 25, was stabbed at approximately 6:00 a.m. by a man described only as a black male as she got out of her car outside LA Fitness, 1800 Tanglewood Park Boulevard.
The preliminary investigation suggests that the man was trying to abduct Whitaker.
Whitaker was taken to Mt. Carmel West by Prairie Township paramedics underwent emergency surgery and was listed in very critical condition.
Anyone with any information regarding the incident or the identity of this suspect is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or 614-645-4624.