On Thursday morning, Thanksgiving day, two men had an altercation in the Midway District outside a 7-Eleven on Sports Arena Blvd. One of the men used an unknown weapon to cause “significant injuries” to the other guy’s neck.
The unidentified victim was taken to a local hospital where the 55-year old man died.
The suspect is still at large. At one point police believed he was in a certain area around some businesses in the Midway but figured out by 9:15 a.m. he was not.
Police have released a picture of a suspect, who was described as a white male aged between 20 and 40 wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue digital camouflage pants, a backpack, and a blue hospital mask.
Anyone with information is asked to call SDPD’s Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
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At around 10 a.m. Saturday, police spotted a man matching the description of the suspect in the 4200 block of Cosoy Way, near Presidio Park. Police detained the man for further questioning. Times of San Diego
San Diego police have identified a 55-year-old man fatally stabbed Thanksgiving Day near a Midway District strip mall as Robert Frank Erbe.
A parolee was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a man in the Midway area on Thanksgiving Day.
Forrest Robert Brantley, 38, was taken into custody without incident while walking near the intersection of US 101 and state Route 33 in Ventura by officers who recognized him from fugitive-suspect alerts, according to police in the coastal city north of Los Angeles.
Brantley allegedly stabbed 55-year-old Robert Erbe in the neck about 8 a.m. Thursday during an argument outside a business in the 3100 block of Sports Arena Boulevard, according to San Diego police. San Diego Patch https://patch.com/california/san-diego/suspect-arrested-thanksgiving-day-slaying-san-diego?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=police-fire&utm_campaign=alert