Police identified the suspect in the stabbing at a business in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Monday.
According to San Francisco Police Department, the suspect is 61-year-old Fook Poy Lai.
On Monday, around 9:50 a.m. SFPD received a stabbing report on the 1000 block of Stockton Street.
At the scene, officers found a woman with a stab wound. She was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The possible suspect, identified as Lai, was detained at the scene.
Lai was transported to San Francisco County Jail and was booked for attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and parole violation.
Police say that the investigation remains active.