Homeless woman charged in stabbing attack on husband and daughter in Westminster

SANTA ANA, California. – A 43 year old homeless woman was charged on Tuesday stab a father while protecting his daughter Westminster.

Victoria Vu, whose last address was in San Diego, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon and one count of malicious harm to a child likely to cause serious bodily injury, all felonies, with sentencing enhancements for personal injury use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily harm.

She was also charged with carrying a switchblade knife.

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Police were dispatched to the 8200 block of Westminster Boulevard on Sunday around 4:45 p.m. in reference to the stabbing.

The Westminster man said he was walking through a courtyard with his daughter when Vu threw a bottle at the pair before attacking them with a knife, police said.

Vu was accused of trying to stab the child while her father protected her, and the man suffered stab wounds to his hand and leg, police said. The girl escaped injury.

The man said a Good Samaritan also intervened to help prevent further injury. Vu eventually walked away, but remained nearby and was arrested, police said.

Police have not yet determined what prompted the attack, authorities said.