Overview
- Santa Monica police identified the suspect as 18-year-old Jaysawn Williams of Rialto, who was arrested and booked on assault with a firearm and grossly negligent discharge of a firearm.
- The gunfire followed a large fight on the pier around 9 p.m. Sunday, with witnesses reporting the shots near the arcade area.
- Two people were injured with non-life-threatening wounds, including a man shot in the arm and the suspected shooter, who was treated for a graze wound.
- Officers from the pier outpost responded quickly, parts of the pier were temporarily closed during the search, and the attraction has since reopened.
- Investigators are collecting surveillance and widely shared cellphone videos as they work to establish the sequence of events and a motive.