Posted on 04/20/2018 5:49:37 PM PDT by Pelham
VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- A man was stabbed in the neck while holding his young daughter on his lap while dining at a restaurant on the Ventura Promenade.
Ventura police received multiple calls around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday about a stabbing at the Aloha Steakhouse at 364 S. California St.
Police said the victim and his wife were having dinner along with their 5-year-old daughter at the time of the attack, which appeared to be unprovoked.
Investigators said there was no altercation or contact prior to the attack, and the victim and suspect did not appear to know each other.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a group of good Samaritans standing along the Ventura Promenade who had chased the suspect from the crime scene onto the beach, investigators said.
Officers tracked down the suspect and ordered him to the ground. He complied and was detained on suspicion of attempted homicide.
Police identified the suspect as 49-year-old Jamal Jackson, describing him as a local vagrant.
While Jackson was being taken into custody, other responding officers found the victim at the crime scene, suffering from a life-threatening stab wound to the neck. The officers rendered first aid to the man until medical responders arrived on scene.
The victim was transported to a local hospital to be taken immediately into surgery. Following surgery, the victim was listed to be in critical condition.
The manager of the Ventura restaurant said the victim's family called to thank them and the good Samaritans who took action during the stabbing.
A motive in the stabbing was not immediately known, police said.
I never posted to you.
A .45cal 230gr HP to the head; then, into a dumpster. Maggots gotta eat too.
I guess the song California Dreaming is now California Nightmare . Thanks LIB lunatics . ..thanks a lot. Condolences to the family. RIP
I got the hell out of there in 1979 and never looked back. Most of the friends I grew up with have left California, as well.
You didn’t have to. You’re making comments on an open forum, not having a private conversation. Go back to whatever hole you climbed out of with your stupid, judgemental attitude.
Begging everyone’s pardon, Jerry Brown is not the problem with California, a once great state and the hope for all Americans during our first 150 years.
Jerry Brown the remix (how the hell did that happen?) is the sum of the matter!
Lived in Sacramento in the early 70s, will not return until the Free Republic of California is restored. To all loyal Americans that are Californians: time to step up! America will have your back, but we will not do it for you!
POTUS is coming, get ready, but do not think things will stay the same! The Phoenix of California can rise from the ashes, but there will be ashes before California is cleansed. Look around, gird up your loins, get ready to party! MAGA!
IT IS SO EFFING ENOUGH WITH THESE INSANE STREET BUMS BEING GIVEN ANY RESPECT WHATSOEVER.
Either they accept help or they should be forced out of our cities and towns. Period. Bring back vagrancy laws. Bring back civilization.
That poor baby girl.
THAT was your comment?
Former First Lady Barbara Bush described Compton as "lovely" when she lived there--on the corner of Santa Fe and Myrrh. A few years before the Bushes moved there, my aunt grew up about three blocks away.
There have been many coming in with symptoms of schizophrenia and once they are drug tested it is found that their illegal drugs are causing the symptoms.
Wake up at 6:00 !!?? Ha, That’s a laugh. Not everybody needs to be so day oriented. You should be less parochial.
My fiver roller skates well, throws and catches well, and she enjoys creative play and play school. Where is the problem?
Adorable video———about children.
You had said TEENAGERS are supposed to be in bed by 10:00-——and that seems just silly to me.
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With my friends that is not the case though one of them tries to escape it with heavy marijuana use. It makes him worse but he thinks he is getting a handle on it thereby. One sister knows her condition. She can sort of stand outside it and knows what is happening but she cannot actually control it. She is a recluse and a sane sister and I are the only ones she can talk to at all. Four others of them live in two next door trailers. One is the only sane one and takes care of the other three. The sane one just turned up with a clot in his leg and will probably lose it and has just been diagnosed with a host of medical issues. He hadn’t seen a doctor since he left school to work in 7th grade, Now he is on Medicare and finding out why he is always tired. I have known these guys for over half a century since they were kids and only their parents were crazy. Once most of them were smart and I thought they would do well. They call it the Family Demons.
That was it.
I agree with you. This is NOT the old California, where it was relatively safe after dark. The people there, especially with little kids, need to either adjust to their new reality, or move.
People in other nations don’t understand why we need guns.
They don’t have one party waging a 24/7 race war.
We need guns.
More Guns.
Bigger guns.
I grew up in Long Beach, too, 50’s-60’s, still here. It’s nothing like the suburban area we knew and loved then. Homeless roam and camp in the riverbeds, next to the freeway, hang out near neighborhood stores, and are likely responsible for much of the increased crime we have, plus CA decided to turn many criminals out of the prisons and make many felonies misdemeanors. Thugs know they can steal up to under 1,000K and will get a slap on the hand. Funny thing, we’ve also had an invasion of urban coyotes, making it impossible to enjoy owning a pet here. No pet can go out the dog door alone at night without being in danger of being consumed, and we are told to run at the coyotes and yell at them when out trying to walk our dogs. Now if we could just get the coyotes to go after the crooks, things might improve.
Are you serious? Maybe that is when the three of them could go! Is there a rule somewhere that a child cannot be eating dinner at that time of the evening? sheesh
Seriously! When my son was a teen, he was working til 10! And, he certainly was not in bed immediately either.
Not even close. The murderer will get away with it. He will be found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity.
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