Man held after car horror at LA beach
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Los Angeles police have arrested a man on suspicion of intentionally driving into crowds at a popular boardwalk, killing an Italian woman and injuring 11 others.
Police say 38-year-old Nathan Campbell has been booked for investigation of murder and remains in jail on US$1 million bail.
He turned himself in about two hours after the attack that occurred at around 6pm on Saturday. Investigators don’t yet have a motive.
Witnesses reported a horrendous scene of people scattered and bloody at the Venice Beach boardwalk.
A coroner’s investigator said the dead woman was 32-year-old Alice Gruppioni of Italy.
Police say another victim was critically hurt, two were in a serious condition and others were treated for less serious injuries.
Security video showed a man parking his black car alongside the seaside boardwalk as the sun sank, surveying the idyllic scene for several minutes before getting back into the car and speeding into the crowd. It shows hundreds of people walking lazily or sitting at cafes before the black car suddenly appears and sends them scrambling wildly.
Witnesses reported a horrifying aftermath.
“There was people kind of stumbling around, blood dripping down their legs looking confused not knowing what had happened, people screaming,” said 35-year-old Louisa Hodge, who was out enjoying the day on the Venice Beach boardwalk with a friend visiting from San Diego. “It was blocks and blocks of people just strewn across the sidewalk.”
Firefighters combed the chaotic crowd, finding 12 people wounded and taking 10 of them to the hospital where one later died, police officials said.
The driver fled the scene but about two hours later a man walked into a police station, saying he was involved.
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