SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Police arrested a suspect in connection with the stabbing death of a 40-year-old man near a downtown San Diego hotel Saturday.
At around 9:23 p.m., San Diego police officers were dispatched to 8th and C streets, near the Hotel Churchill, due to a reported stabbing. Officers arrived to find a white male in his 40s with stab wounds lying on the sidewalk.
Despite emergency medical aid, the unidentified victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
As they rendered aid to the victim, officers were pointed to the suspect, who had gone to his nearby apartment and was trying to start a fire inside, SDPD officials said.
Using a K-9, officers forced their way into the room and took 34-year-old Grant Parker into custody.
Parker was taken to the hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. Police said Parker has since been booked into county jail on suspicion of murder.
SDPD officials said the relationship between the two men is unknown.
Trolley service in the area was suspended due to the incident but resumed once police cleared the scene.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
