Suspect Stabbed Man To Death Outside McDonald's, Punched Woman: Police

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A man was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing a of 43-year-old man outside a McDonald's in Santa Ana, police said Monday.

Police officers responded to reports of a stabbing around 3 p.m. Sunday near Sunflower Avenue and Bristol Street, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.

Authorities found the victim, unresponsive with a stab wound to his upper torso, in the parking lot of the McDonald's at 3810 South Bristol Street.

The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

He was identified as 43-year-old Noah William Ewing, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Coroner's Department.

During the investigation, officers learned that a woman had also been assaulted by a man in the same shopping center. She told officers that she had been punched multiple times in an unprovoked attack, police said.

The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Justin Anthony Carlin, was arrested near the crime scene on suspicion of murder and additional charges related to the assault, police said.

Santa Ana police homicide detectives were seeking additional witnesses. Anyone with details was urged to call Santa Ana Police Department Section Detectives at 714-245-8390 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-847- 6227.