Man Stabbed While Sitting On Beach Cities Bus In Redondo Beach

REDONDO BEACH, CA – On Monday evening at 7:35 p.m., a man was stabbed while he was seated on a Beach Cities Transit Bus, according to the Redondo Beach Police Department. The bus had stopped near the intersection of Kingsdale Avenue and Artesia Boulevard in Redondo Beach when, for unknown reasons, another passenger on the bus stabbed the victim several times and fled, police said.

Paramedics treated the victim at the scene, and then transported him to a local area hospital where he underwent surgery for several stab wounds to his upper torso, according to RBPD. The victim is in stable condition and recovering in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit; his name and city of residence are not being released at this time, police said.

Although the suspect fled the scene of the crime, he was located approximately 45 minutes later. Richard John Reynierse, a 44-year-old transient, was arrested without incident after people from a nearby Redondo Beach neighborhood provided information to responding officers, according to RBPD. The motive for the stabbing is unknown, and investigators are reviewing video surveillance from the Beach Cities Transit Bus as well as video from the South Bay Galleria mall.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Redondo Beach Police Department Tip Line by calling (310) 937-6685; texting (310) 339-2362; or emailing crimetips@redondo.org.

Photo courtesy of Redondo Beach Police Department