Suspect Who Died in Crash After San Diego Hotel Stabbing Was Employee, Police Say

The suspect’s cause of death was possibly drowning after his car flipped into the harbor, authorities said.

San Diego police Lt. Paul Phillips briefs reporters on the stabbing incident early July 8 at a La Jolla, Calif., hotel. Jane Yang/The Epoch Times

The suspect in a San Diego hotel stabbing July 8, who fled and crashed his car at a harbor pier, flipping into the water, was identified as a 23-year-old employee of the hotel who died either by drowning or from self-inflicted wounds, police said.

The stabbing occurred shortly after midnight at the Shoal La Jolla Beach hotel, about 15 miles north of downtown San Diego. Police responded to a 911 call and found two women in the hotel parking lot, one of them suffering from two stab wounds.