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US Navy SEAL arrested in stabbing death of California man

Authorities in Southern California said Wednesday that a Navy SEAL had been arrested on suspicion of beating and stabbing a man to death about an hour after the two were involved in a fistfight.

Santa Monica police Lt. Saul Rodriguez said Theo Andrew Krah, 28, was arrested in San Diego Monday in connection with the unidentified man’s death.

Rodriguez said officials were called to the Santa Monica Pier Saturday to break up a fistfight between Krah and the man at about 4 p.m. Nobody was arrested or injured, he said.

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Authorities in Southern California said Wednesday that a Navy SEAL had been arrested on suspicion of beating and stabbing a man to death about an hour after the two were involved in a fistfight.

Santa Monica police Lt. Saul Rodriguez said Theo Andrew Krah, 28, was arrested in San Diego Monday in connection with the unidentified man’s death.

Rodriguez said officials were called to the Santa Monica Pier Saturday to break up a fistfight between Krah and the man at about 4 p.m. Nobody was arrested or injured, he said.

About an hour later, the other man was found dead about a half-mile from the pier, suffering from head trauma and multiple stab wounds, police said. The man died at 4:40 a.m. Sunday at a local hospital.

The Los Angeles Times reported the victim was a Santa Monica resident, but had no further information.

Rodriguez said Krah and the victim didn’t know each other prior to Saturday’s fistfight. Krah is currently being held on $2 million bail.

Krah enlisted into the military in 2012. Navy spokesman Zach Keating in San Diego told the LA Times that Krah was award a Korean Defense Service medal after his time in South Korea. He also earned a sea service deployment ribbon.

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Image courtesy of Santa Monica Police Dept

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