Incident: Stabbing Update with Arrest
Location: West Main St at South Garden St
Date/Time Occurred: 10-15-21 1708 hrs.
Officer(s) Involved: Patrol, Major Crimes Detectives
Suspect(s): Bradley Decker (9-28-95)
Report #: 21-68917
Narrative:
On 10-15-21 at about 1708 hours the Ventura Police Command Center received a 911 call of a stabbing in progress near West Main St and Garden St.
Responding officers arrived on scene within one minute of the call and located the crime scene in the parking lot of 96 W. Main St. Witnesses indicated that the victim had been transported in a private vehicle.
The victim, a 34-year-old male Ventura resident, was located at the Ventura County Medical Center suffering from a single stab wound to the torso.
The ensuing investigation revealed that that the victim was involved in an altercation, with possibly a group of individuals, at the intersection when he was stabbed by an unknown suspect.
The victim underwent emergency surgery, and he is currently in critical condition.
Anyone with any information about this crime is urged to contact Detective Reginato at 805-339-4466.
UPDATE:
The investigation into this incident led to the identification of the suspect as Bradley Decker (9-28-95). An arrest warrant was issued on 11-19-21. On that date a Ventura Police Officer located Decker on the promenade. Decker violently resisted arrest and fled from the officer into the Ventura River bottom. A search was conducted of the area, but he was not located.
During the week additional officers spotted Decker on several occasions in which he fled again into the Ventura River bottom. Searches were conducted and he was not located.
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