26-year-old man stabbed to death on bike path in Ventura
VENTURA, Calif. - A suspect in connection with the stabbing death of a 26-year-old man in Ventura has been arrested.
According to police, the victim, Marcos Guzman Reyes of Ventura, was riding his bike on the bike path west of Victoria Avenue on the extension of Montalvo Hill Park Saturday around 2 p.m. when he was approached by the suspect and stabbed multiple times on his upper torso.
Reyes was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.
Police said the suspect - later identified as 39-year-old Pedro Munoz- ran away and was last seen near Hill Road and the Montalvo area.
Munoz has since been arrested and booked on one count of murder, one count of felonious assault on a police officer, false info to a police officer, and possession of illegal narcotics, according to police.
Anyone with any information or possible video footage of anyone that matches the description of the suspect is asked to call Detective Tovar at 805-339-4462.