Suspect Arrested After Fatal Stabbing Outside San Diego’s Hotel Churchill

Overview

• Police responded shortly after 9:20 p.m. Saturday to the 800 block of C Street near Eighth Avenue in downtown San Diego.
• Officers found a man in his 40s on the sidewalk with multiple stab wounds, and he died at the scene despite lifesaving efforts.
• Witnesses directed officers to a nearby apartment where the suspect had retreated and attempted to start a fire.
• Officers forced entry and used a police K9 to take 34-year-old Grant Parker into custody; he was treated at a hospital and then booked into the central jail without bail on suspicion of murder.
• Trolley service near the scene was halted for several hours due to the crime scene’s proximity to the tracks and was later restored.