A man was killed and a woman was hospitalized after a man armed with a screwdriver broke into their Murrieta home, attacked them and then ran from the area on Wednesday morning.

Police were called to a house on Old Spring Road, near Dove Hollow Lane, at around 8 a.m. after receiving a call from a resident who told them that a man had forced his way into their home, according to a news release from the Murrieta Police Department.

"The reporting party stated she had been stabbed in the head with a screwdriver, while her husband had been stabbed with a knife," the release said. "The caller also indicated that her husband appeared to be deceased and that the suspect had fled out the back door."

Officers arrived and confirmed that the woman's husband, only identified as a 70-year-old Murriet

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