SANTA MONICA—On Friday, September 5, Lt. Gilmour with the Santa Monica Police Department informed Canyon News that a suspect was arrested in connection to a stabbing on the Ocean Front Walk.
The SMPD reported on August 31, at approximately 4:58 p.m., the Police Department responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon near 1615 Ocean Front Walk.
Responding officers located an adult male who sustained non-life-threatening stab wounds. They provided medical aid until Santa Monica Fire Department personnel arrived and transported the victim to a local hospital.
The assault transpired at the top of a pedestrian staircase connecting Ocean Front Walk to Appian Way. The suspect approached, stabbed the victim multiple times, and fled on foot.
Following an extensive investigation, officers located and arrested Malvin Walker, 24, on the evening of September 3 in the 1800 block of Ocean Front Walk. Officers assigned to routine patrol recognized Walker and detained him without incident.
Walker was arrested in connection with the stabbing and is being charged with attempted murder (California Penal Code 664/187). He was also booked on unrelated charges, including felony vandalism (no bail) and a $51,000 warrant for battery. Walker is still in police custody.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has details that can assist in the investigation
is asked to contact Detective Isaac Reyes at isaac.reyes@santamonica.gov or the Santa
Monica Police Watch Commander at 310-458-8427.
By Danny Jones