A suspect was arrested for attempted murder after a stabbing left a restaurant worker hospitalized near the Santa Monica Pier.

The suspect was identified as Malvin Walker, 24, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.

On Aug. 31, police responded to a stabbing outside of a restaurant on the 1600 block of Ocean Front Walk just before 5 p.m.

Officers found the male victim had been stabbed several times by the assailant. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening wounds. The suspect fled the scene before police arrived.

Witnesses said the victim was an employee at Pier Pizza and Subs and was on his lunch break when he was attacked from behind. The assault occurred at the top of a pedestrian staircase connecting Ocean Front Walk to Appian Way.

Following an investiga

See Full Page