This man is accused of hitting three people in Santa Monica Canyon on Saturday.
Two different transients, a squatter and a violent man, caused chaos in Santa Monica Canyon on Saturday afternoon, September 28.
A man in the 400 block of Mesa Road, punched a man, and then about 15 minutes later walked up the block and attacked Mike Deasy, an iconic figure in the Canyon.
Deasy told Eyewitness News that he was attacked after he walked into his home. “The door was still open,” he recalled. “When I turned around to close it, this guy came up and started wailing on me.”
The man was captured on surveillance video, which shows the suspect.
“Is this your house?” he is heard asking Deasy. After a few seconds, you see the suspect run toward the victim.
The Palisades resident was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries to his face and hands, which he received from trying to defend himself during the assault.
A short time later, the suspect had made his way to Rustic Canyon Park, where a child’s birthday party was underway. There he targeted a magician performing at a child’s birthday party. According to witnesses, the suspect was yelling expletives about the magician’s performance and voice.
Eyewitness News reported that “In the middle of his performance, a strange man kind of came from behind and sucker-punched him,” said Alec Egan. “Then kind of situated himself in between the magician and, I don’t know, 20 kids, including my daughter, whose birthday it was.”
Fearing for the children’s safety, Egan and two friends charged the man, who then took off running. The men followed the criminal until police arrived and took him into custody.
After attacking the first two men, people in the Canyon started phoning each other. Many called Sharon Kilbride who lives in the canyon and is the past president of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness. People wondered if the reported violent man could be same as the young man who had been squatting at different sites in the Canyon for about three weeks.
That young man, who has limited English-speaking skills was found at a construction site in the 200 block of Entrada, waving a crack pipe. Initially 911 was called, but police were already dealing with the incident at Rustic Canyon.
The young man was calmed down and agreed to go to the hospital, where he could be assessed. Paramedics were called to transport him.
This young man has been “squatting” at different sites in Santa Monica Canyon.
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Enough is enough.
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