Crime & Safety
Siblings Hospitalized After Being Stabbed On Santa Monica Beach
The sister begged the two men to leave her and her brother alone, but the suspects didn't listen, and instead attacked them.
SANTA MONICA, CA — A 28-year-old woman asked for the public's help Sunday to identify and find the suspects who stabbed her and her 24-year-old brother at the beach in Santa Monica.
The woman, who asked not to be identified, told KTLA she, her brother, his girlfriend and her two friends were on a late-night trip to the beach when the attack occurred early Saturday.
She said it was around 1 a.m. on Saturday when her group went down to the beach, just wanting to dip their toes in the water. Before they got to the sand, the sister said they noticed two men from a distance, seeming to be drinking and riding their scooters on the boardwalk.
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The sister said she found it suspicious, but they carried on. They later again noticed the same men who seemed to be getting closer to her group.
The two men eventually approached her and her brother and began harassing them, she said. The sister said that her brother was trying to protect her and his girlfriend and her other friends during the confrontation.
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The men pulled out pocket knives and began threatening them, the woman said. She and others in the group managed to record the suspects.
The sister begged the two men to leave her and her brother alone, but the suspects didn't listen, and instead attacked and lunged at both of them with their knives.
The group was able to escape to safety, and the sister said she and her brother ran toward the parking lot to get to their car.
The woman said she was stabbed four times -- in her head, her back and under her armpit area. Her brother was stabbed five times -- with hits to his stomach and back.
The siblings were taken to a hospital by paramedics, the sister told KTLA.
The sister said on Sunday that she was continuing her recovery at home while her brother remained in the hospital, where he was expected to stay for a week.
The Santa Monica Police Department confirmed to KTLA that at about 2:26 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to reports of a stabbing in the 1700 block of Ocean Front Walk.
— City News Service
