SAN DIEGO — Note: The featured video is from Sunday evening before police made an arrests.
An altercation inside a public men's restroom next to a lifeguard station in Pacific Beach Sunday evening took a deadly turn, after police say a man fatally stabbed another man in the upper torso.
The incident took place at around 7:30 pm Sunday at the foot of Grand Avenue, near Ocean Avenue next to the PB Shore Club.
First responders from the nearby lifeguard station and Fire Station No. 21 arrived within moments to render first aid. The victim, described by police as a 39-year-old white man, was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses reported seeing a man fleeing on a bicycle following the stabbing, Brown said. Officers found the suspect, later identified as Martin Alvarez, 33, nearby and took him into custody for questioning.
Alvarez was booked into San Diego Central Jail early Mondaymorning on suspicion of murder.
The motive for the slaying was unclear.
"It is unknown if the victim and suspect were acquainted," Brown said.